Director, Corporate Legal Affairs

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will join NBCUniversal’s Corporate Legal Affairs team and play an important role in supporting the governance, compliance and administration of the company’s international legal entities. In addition to primary responsibility for the UK portfolio, you will oversee and coordinate company secretarial matters for entities in other jurisdictions, working with local counsel, external providers and internal stakeholders as appropriate. Working closely with colleagues across Legal, Tax, Finance, Treasury, Risk Management and the business, you will provide practical company secretarial support and help maintain accurate, efficient and reliable corporate records and processes.

In this role, you will support board and shareholder activity, statutory filings, entity transactions, governance projects and day-to-day corporate structure requests. You will serve as a trusted point of contact for internal stakeholders and external advisers, using sound judgment to prioritize work, identify issues and escalate matters when appropriate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate board and committee meetings for the principal international licensing entity, including preparing agendas, collating and distributing board materials, attending meetings and drafting accurate minutes.
• Draft board, shareholder and general meeting minutes, written resolutions, certificates and related corporate approvals for a range of matters.
• Manage entity lifecycle and governance matters across the international portfolio, with primary responsibility for UK entities and responsibility for overseeing and coordinating incorporations, dissolutions, name changes, updates to company details, statutory filings and related activities in other jurisdictions with the Corporate Secretary team, local counsel and external providers.
• Maintain complete and accurate statutory registers, minute books, entity records and supporting documentation, and help ensure corporate information is updated promptly in the company’s entity management system.
• Support compliance with the Companies Act 2006 and other applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including review and coordination of statutory accounts, confirmation statements and other filings.
• Coordinate the corporate-law aspects of dividends and other distributions, share allotments, capital reductions and injections, share transfers, and share consolidations, subdivisions and redesignations, working with Tax and Finance as appropriate.
• Prepare and maintain organization charts and respond to ad hoc requests concerning ownership, governance and corporate structure.
• Support KYC, due diligence, banking and Treasury requests by coordinating company and director information and documentation.
• Liaise with external entity management providers, lawyers, auditors, notaries and other professional advisers, and monitor completion of assigned filings and deliverables.
• Provide practical corporate governance and compliance guidance to internal stakeholders across NBCUniversal and Comcast Corporate.
• Support cross-border governance projects, subsidiary reorganizations and other corporate transactions, coordinating stakeholders, deliverables and approvals from planning through completion.
• Help improve and streamline governance, entity management and compliance processes, including templates, policies, guidance, terms of reference, reporting and data-quality controls.
• Monitor relevant developments in company law, regulation and corporate governance practice and help translate changes into practical guidance and process updates.
• Build strong working relationships across functions and geographies while handling sensitive and confidential information with appropriate care.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Requirements: 

• Relevant company secretarial, legal or corporate governance qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrable post-qualification or equivalent experience in a fast-paced commercial organization, professional services firm or in-house legal or company secretarial team.
• Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act 2006 and UK company secretarial requirements, including statutory registers, filings and board and shareholder procedures.
• Experience preparing board and shareholder materials, minutes, written resolutions and corporate records with a high level of accuracy.
• Experience supporting legal-entity transactions and lifecycle matters, including incorporations, dissolutions, changes to company details, share issuances or transfers, distributions or capital actions.
• Experience using an entity management database or comparable corporate records system for data maintenance, reporting and document management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong numeracy and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, exercise sound judgment and identify when matters should be escalated.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders across different functions, seniority levels, cultures and geographic locations.

Desired Characteristics: 

• Experience supporting a listed, multinational or highly regulated organization and familiarity with the UK Corporate Governance Code, UK Listing Rules, Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, or related best-practice guidance.
• Experience coordinating corporate governance matters across multiple jurisdictions and working with local counsel or third-party entity management providers.
• Commercial, proactive and solutions-oriented approach, with the ability to turn complex issues into clear, practical action plans.
• Confidence using different influencing and communication styles to suit the audience, context and task.
• Project management experience and a track record of delivering work to established standards in a cost-conscious manner.
• Interest in legal operations, process improvement, data quality and technology-enabled entity management.
• Collaborative working style and a commitment to building trusted relationships across Legal and the wider business.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be willing to work from the designated NBCUniversal office in accordance with the company’s current workplace policies, if applicable.
• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the applicable country.
• Must be able to work across time zones and occasionally outside standard business hours when required by board, transaction or filing deadlines.
• This position requires the handling of confidential and legally sensitive information.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.