Associate, Corporate Secretarial

EY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is hiring a Corporate Secretarial Associate/Consultant in Singapore. You will manage a portfolio of clients, support corporate transactions, and ensure compliance with Companies Act and ACRA requirements. The role emphasizes independent working, meticulous record-keeping, and clear client communication.

You’ll contribute to building a robust corporate services practice, work with a diverse team, and develop professional leadership and business acumen within EY’s global network.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a portfolio of clients and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage corporate transactions and maintain client relationships.
• Provide guidance on compliance requirements and statutory/regulatory filings.
• Lodge returns and documents with ACRA and maintain statutory records.

Skills

Client management

Independent work

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

ICSA qualification/certification

Tools

ACRA filing system

Job description

At EY, we develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

We work together across our full spectrum of services and skills powered by technology and AI, so that business, people and the planet can thrive together.

We’re all in, are you?

Join EY and shape your future with confidence.

Join a global network that understands what businesses need to have access, visibility and control. Our market-leading approach combines extensive local compliance and accounting experience with a standard global compliance process and web-based tools to help you execute your job. In one country or many, you have the opportunity to provide clients an integrated, consistent, quality service that unlocks the potential of the compliance function, with tax compliance, statutory accounts preparation and tax accounting calculation support.

The opportunity

You’ll be part of a growing global team, acting as a key point of contact for a wide range of clients and colleagues. In return, you can expect plenty of support designed with your own personal skills and experience. EY is a dynamic place to develop not only your technical knowledge, but also your professional leadership and business acumen.

You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because your professional development is important to us and we are fully committed to helping you realise your potential.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Corporate Secretarial Associate / Consultant, you’ll be a key member of the team, committed to supporting the Corporate Services executives in building and maintaining relationships with clients. You’ll spend most of your time in managing corporate transactions. You enjoy actively contributing to the growth and development of the practice by taking operational responsibility and accountability for engagement team support and delivery.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Managing a portfolio of clients independently
• Preparing resolutions and minutes of meetings of directors and shareholders
• Providing advice on compliance requirements and ensure client’s compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
• Providing day-to-day support in corporate secretarial workLodge returns and documents with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
• Maintaining proper statutory records
• Maintaining proper corporate secretarial database
• Perform customer due diligence according to ACRA Act

To qualify for the role you must have

• ICSA qualification/certification
• At least 3-5 years of working experience in corporate secretarial work
• Conversant with the Companies Act and familiar with the regulatory and reporting requirements
• Good knowledge of processes and electronic filing requirements of ACRA
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent organisational skill
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Able to perform under tight deadlines
• Meticulous and organised individual with initiative
• Good verbal/written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A degree in economics, finance, law, tax or accounting
• Experience working in multicultural teams
• Accreditation by SCTP

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

All in to shape the future with confidence.