Senior Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary

Location: Holon, Israel (Hybrid).

About Us

Sapiens is a global leader in the insurance industry, delivering its award-winning, cloud-based SaaS insurance platform to over 600 customers in more than 30 countries. Sapiens’ platform offers pre-integrated, low-code capabilities to accelerate customers’ digital transformation. With more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens has a highly professional team of over 5,000 employees globally.

The Role

The Senior Legal Counsel, reporting directly to the General Counsel, will be a member of the Sapiens Legal team. He/ She will act as the Company's Secretary and an expert in legal matters and will advise on a variety of corporate issues as well as providing guidance to global business leaders across the company.

Job Description

• Act as Company Secretary to the Board, Board Committees, and all subsidiary companies.
• Organize Board administration, attend Board and executive meetings, taking minutes and capturing actions as required. Ensure the agenda and minutes of previous meetings are circulated with other relevant board papers.
• Oversee NASDAQ/TASE reporting, SEC filing.
• Maintain the statutory books and records required for a Nasdaq and TASE listed company.
• Advise the Executive team and ensure compliance with the best principles of corporate governance.
• Ensure compliance with all listing, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Organize the AGM, including preparation of the relevant notices, resolutions, and voting.
• Manage the Group’s existing share incentive schemes and be involved in the design/launch of new schemes.
• Provide company secretarial support for capital markets projects as they arise and share responsibilities with other Group team members.
• Lead the design and production of the Annual Report (Including 20-F), including preparing the text of the statutory reports and information they contain.
• Negotiate and maintain appropriate Group wide insurance cover.
• Ensure that the Group-wide legal structure is compliant, fit for purpose and is aligned with the commercial intercompany arrangements.
• Manage 1-2 team members.
  
  

• Over 7 years of experience in a global corporation supporting various territories.
• Wide experience working as a Company Secretary in a publicly traded company.
• Experience in M&A’s, Due-Diligence and PMI – Major Advantage.
• High skills of drafting different legal documents.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills in Hebrew and English.
• Be able to manage difficult situations and conflict in a professional manner.
• Be proven in instructing and working closely with professional advisers.
• Ability to work with C- Level and Board members.
• Ability to strive in a dynamic and fast paced environment together with excellent business judgment, and strategic thinking.
• Very strong interpersonal and communication skills.