Governance & Compliance mandates.

Corporate governance is where careful process meets real statutory weight, and the mandates we handle carry both. These roles sit at the compliance heart of Australian Business Register's work with foreign-owned Australian companies — resident director appointments, ASIC lodgements, statutory registers and the Corporations Act 2001 obligations that come with market entry. This is not box-ticking. A missed annual review deadline or a poorly judged director instruction has consequences, and the firms hiring here want people who understand that in their bones.

The spread runs from professional director appointments carrying genuine duties under the Act, through to ASIC compliance and company secretarial specialists managing lodgement calendars, registered-agent portal work and the foreign-company obligations under Part 5B.2. Candidates typically hold a Governance Institute qualification, GAICD, or have built equivalent standing through years of hands-on company secretarial and CAS-portal experience. Strong knowledge of registration, ABN and GST processes, and the composure to deal with senior international clients, go a long way.

We recruit for these mandates with particular care, because the client relationships behind them are long-term and reputationally sensitive, and a single appointment can shape a firm's standing with an overseas group for years. Whether you are a company secretary ready for a specialist portfolio, a governance professional drawn to cross-border work, or a director weighing a resident-director appointment, we will give you a candid read on the role, the firm and the client base before anything moves. Discretion is a given at every step. Register your interest and we will keep you in mind as governance mandates open across the group.