Director, Corporate Legal Affairs

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.