Job description summarywe are seeking an experienced and proactive corporate governance specialist/corporate counsel with knowledge of managing legal entity structures in latin america. This role offers a good opportunity to help shape the future of our organization. We're looking for someone who can thoughtfully guide operational improvements, simplify processes, and support meaningful change. The ideal candidate will bring a collaborative spirit and a builder's mindset to help us evolve with purpose and clarity.the role will be part of a consolidated legal entity governance team. The role will work closely with the ge vernova business units primarily in the latin american region, and north america where the need arises. The role will be located with the ge vernova businesses in monterrey, mexico.the role will own certain key legal processes like legal entity corporate governance, and other legal entity management solutions with the objective of improving the efficiency, quality and productivity of the legal entity governance team. We are looking for customer-focused individuals who want to provide excellent service to our business partners in the latin american region.job descriptionkey responsibilities: entity governance & supportresponsible for managing the day-to-day operational needs of all ge vernova businesses in the latin american region related to the entire life cycle of entities, including legal entity creation, management and maintenance, dissolution, and simplificationreceive requests and interact with business general counsels, finance, tax and other ge vernova teams to ensure timely creation, maintenance, and dissolution of legal entitiesmanage board and committee meeting logistics, attend and record minutes of all board and committee meetings; facilitate board communicationsadvise legal entity boards on their roles and responsibilities; facilitate the orientation of new directorsdocumentation & compliancemaintain key corporate documents and record them in centralized document storage.maintain legal entity data in relevant internal entity management systems across ge vernovaensure proper corporate disclosure and compliance with jurisdictional corporation laws and enable proper reporting and compliance; support legal compliance tracking and reporting for latin america region entities.assist in implementing global governance policies and procedures locally.monitor corporate governance developments and assist in tailoring governance practices to meet the needs of each legal entity stakeholder co-ordinationwork closely with the business counsels and cross regional teams to implement different lean and legal governance process improvement projects and gain adoption across all ge vernova business units.liaise with external counsel, notaries, and government agencies.collaborate with finance, tax, and operations teams to ensure entity compliance.process improvementsidentify and implement process improvements for entity management.support digitalization and automation initiatives for governance workflows.required qualificationsbachelor's degree (law or other legal diploma/tertiary qualifications) from an accredited universityqualified attorney/paralegal/company secretary certification/degree or diploma in mexico/brazilminimum 3-5 years of legal entity corporate governance experience in portugal/brazil or with brazilian entitiesmust be fluent in english, portuguese and spanishdesired characteristicsexperience in legal entity corporate governance and company secretarial duties, legal form management, and other services related to providing legal functions to a large corporation.demonstrated ability collaborating with cross-functional teamsdemonstrated experience performing legal research, analyzing and recommending solutions on issues of legal entity governancegood legal report writing skillsstrong understanding and application of current ai utilization for process transformation including technology platforms used by legal operations (e.g. Box, smartsheet wf, diligent etc.)strong oral and written communications skillsstrong interpersonal skillsproficiency in microsoft suite (excel, powerpoint and word)strong ability to interview ge vernova internal customers to assess needsstrong ability to work within a global, diverse team environmentexperience working on legal technology/legal operations projects and other business process improvement projects (preference for candidates with practical experience on kaizen improvement for large corporations)additional information
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