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Company Secretary resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what company secretarys actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most company secretarys should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Company Secretary with experience managing board administration, statutory compliance and shareholder communications for regulated organisations. Skilled at translating corporations law and ASX listing rules into practical governance processes that hold up under scrutiny. Works closely with boards, auditors and regulators to keep corporate records accurate and meetings run to standard.
Key skills
- Regulatory compliance
- Corporate governance advice
- Risk and internal controls
- Legal research
- Board meeting administration
- Board Management Software (Diligent, Boardvantage)
- ASIC company registry portals
- Document management systems
- SharePoint
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Prepared and distributed board papers, agendas and minutes for board and committee meetings, keeping documentation consistent with governance policy
- Maintained statutory registers and constitutional records, resolving discrepancies before they became compliance issues
- Coordinated annual general meetings and shareholder communications, cutting turnaround time on notice-of-meeting documentation
- Liaised with ASIC, auditors and legal advisors on compliance matters, closing out regulatory queries within required timeframes
- Advised the board on governance policy and risk frameworks, supporting a reduction in overdue compliance actions
- Managed board management software (Diligent, Boardvantage) to distribute papers securely and track director sign-off
Education
Typically a bachelor degree in law, commerce or business, often followed by Governance Institute of Australia (GIA) certification or Chartered Governance qualification; some enter via diploma-level company secretarial practice combined with several years' governance or legal support experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- ASIC
- ASX listing rules
- Corporations Act 2001
- corporate governance
- board papers
- statutory registers
- AGM
- company secretary
- Governance Institute of Australia
- GIA
- chartered governance professional
- shareholder register
- constitution compliance
- continuous disclosure
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.