Advisor Company Secretary Office Rotterdam • Eneco

The pivotal role for Advisor Company Secretary Office is designed to advise, prepare, and support the highest-level decision-making processes within the organization. As Advisor, you will play a central role in enabling timely, well-informed, well-organized and legally sound decisions by our corporate bodies, including the Management Board, Supervisory Board, and Shareholders.

Your organization skills, legal expertise, governance insight, and organizational sensitivity will be critical in ensuring robust, transparent, and efficient governance processes. The ideal candidate brings initiative, discretion, integrity, and a keen eye for process improvement, and thrives in a high-trust, high-impact environment.
 

• Advise, execute, and coordinate the organization’s most critical decision-making processes.
• Provide both solicited and unsolicited legal and governance advice to senior management and top corporate bodies, ensuring decisions align with company law and internal frameworks.
• Identify and propose enhancements to the governance framework, initiating and implementing revisions to foundational documents and procedures.
• Perform in-depth analyses of strategic and complex topics, establishing optimal decision-making pathways.
• Develop and oversee all relevant governance documentation, ensuring decisions are accurately prepared, recorded, and archived in line with statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Organize, prepare, and document meetings of the Management Board, Supervisory Board, and General Meeting of Shareholders.
• Ensure full compliance with legal and internal governance requirements, and provide clear interpretations where ambiguity may exist.
• Respond to questions and requests from internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and professionalism.
• Cultivate and maintain trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at various levels of the organization, including the Shareholder, Supervisory Board, and Management Board.
• Organize and coordinate governance meetings and special events.
• Step in as company secretary when needed and take minutes during meetings
• Provide governance input on company reports, such as the annual report, GRI, and CSRD Develop and deliver governance presentations and trainings
   

We work together as one team to deliver the plan. In doing so, you are proactive in helping others to accelerate the energy transition. You create an environment where people can exchange insights and opinions, and you take responsibility for contributing to the joint plan. In addition, you have the following qualities: 

• Master’s degree in Law (LL.M) or equivalent legal qualification.
• Minimum of 5-7years of relevant experience in a legal, governance, or corporate advisory role.
• Profound and up-to-date knowledge of company law and corporate governance.
• Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders, including board-level executives and regulators
• Excellent communication skills in the English language
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to translate complex legal frameworks into practical processes.
• Demonstrated capability in stakeholder management, including the ability to simplify complex matters for diverse audiences.
• Ability to educate, inform, and influence colleagues and leadership at all levels.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and independence of judgment
• Exceptional organizational skills
• A service-oriented attitude, committed to providing excellent support and fostering positive interactions with stakeholders
• Ability to work on Wednesdays and Fridays, given departmental workflows

Please be advised that, in order to be succesfull in this position, good command of the Dutch and English language in writing as in speech is required.

We have a very small, efficient, and collegial team, led by the Company Secretary, and including an Advisor and a Management Assistant. Within our team, we foster an environment of continuous improvement and actively seek out collaboration. We take pride in our achievements, and view our failures as opportunities for learning and growth. Our synergy and shared dedication make us a strong and effective unit.