Company Secretary / Corporate Secretarial Associate

BriefYour role

Also known as Company Secretary · Corporate Secretarial Assistant · Corporate Secretary · CS Executive

and 2 more

Entity Management Specialist · Governance Assistant

L3 salary: Not published yetSalary figures open with the salaries section.
Upcoming dated changes: None datedNo change with a date ahead affects this role directly.
Top critical skills: Corporate secretarial and entity management
Corporate governance
Legal research and regulatory interpretation

What the role does

Company Secretary / Corporate Secretarial Associate is a role in Legal & Governance. The family covers legal counsel, contracts, company secretarial, paralegal and privacy roles. The core skill is corporate secretarial and entity management.

This is a brief profile written from the catalogue. A full profile with a day in the life, level descriptions and the effect of AI is being written.

Levels

L1 Starting out 0-2 years
L2 Independent 2-5 years
L3 Senior or specialist 5-9 years
L4 Leads a team or an area 8-14 years
L5 Leads the function 12+ years

Full level descriptions and job titles

The EFO level names are the common scale; job titles differ between employers.

Levels of Company Secretary / Corporate Secretarial Associate
Level	What the work looks like	Typical years	Typical job titles
L1 Starting out	Learns the job; executes defined tasks with supervision	0-2	Banks: Analyst, Junior Analyst, Associate (asset servicing), Trainee, GraduateAsset servicers: Junior, Specialist (entry), Officer
L2 Independent	Owns a process end to end; trains L1; first contact for the team's clients	2-5	Banks: Analyst / Senior Analyst, AssociateAsset servicers: Specialist, Senior Specialist, Senior Officer
L3 Senior or specialist	Deep expertise; handles exceptions and change; represents the function in projects	5-9	Banks: Senior Associate, AVP, Assistant ManagerAsset servicers: Senior Specialist, Expert, Team Lead (small team)
L4 Leads a team or an area	Manages people or a large process; owns budgets or controls; escalation point	8-14	Banks: VP, Manager, Senior ManagerAsset servicers: Team Lead, Manager, Head of Section
L5 Leads the function	Accountable for the function in a legal entity or region; sets priorities and standards	12+	Banks: Director, Executive Director, Managing Director, Head of functionAsset servicers: Head of Department, Director

Skills

The percentage is the skill's share of the role; the bars are drawn relative to the anchor skill, which is shown full.

Critical 4

The job cannot be done without these.

Corporate secretarial and entity managementWeight 14.6%Anchor skillExpected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Corporate governanceWeight 9.8%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Legal research and regulatory interpretationWeight 9.8%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Records and information managementWeight 9.8%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you

Important and supporting skills 17

Important 8

Needed in most positions.

Contract drafting and negotiationWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Professional written communicationWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Attention to detailWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Integrity and discretionWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Working to tight deadlinesWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Ethical judgment in grey areasWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Data protection and privacy law (GDPR, CCPA, DPDP)Weight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you
Financial statement analysis and ratiosWeight 4.9%Expected level: practitionerRelevant to you

Supporting 6

Help in many positions.

Stakeholder managementWeight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Microsoft Word and document productionWeight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Organisation and prioritisationWeight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Anti-money laundering regulationWeight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Project governance and reportingWeight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Market abuse and trade surveillance (MAR)Weight 2.4%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you

Useful 3

Occasionally useful.

Microsoft PowerPointWeight 0.8%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Querying data with SQLWeight 0.8%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you
Adaptability to changeWeight 0.8%Expected level: working knowledgeRelevant to you

Processes

The work the role takes part in.

Data management and governance

What each process covers

Data management and governanceSupportingData quality, lineage, master data and analytics.

Dated changes for this role

No dated change for this role

No change with a date ahead names one of this role's main processes. The Regulatory calendar lists every change.

Worth knowing

Changes that touch a process this role takes part in as a secondary task.

28 Nov 2026TARGET Services November 2026 releases moved to 28 November 2026
31 Dec 2026DORA register of information: 2027 annual submission
31 Dec 2026Swift defers SR2026 and the end of unstructured addresses
1 Jan 2027CSRD scope narrowed by Omnibus I; second wave reports from financial year 2027
7 Jun 2027Pay Transparency Directive: first gender pay gap reports

See all 8 in the Regulatory calendar

Salary snapshot

Salary figures are not published yet

The L3 salary range for this role, with its sources, will appear here when the salaries section opens.

Certifications

Company Secretary (ICSI) Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme The Chartered Governance Institute

Concepts to know

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Sources

The EFO role catalogue, with skills, levels and processes. How it is built
ESCO classification of the European Commission (external site) for job titles