Vacature Governance Officer

Corporate Governance Officer

Vacancy

Corporate Governance Officer

Are you a Corporate Governance consultant and looking for the next step in your career? FMO is looking for a service-oriented multi-tasker that looks forward to work with our clients/investees, partners, and investment teams on Corporate Governance.

• Educational level Master degree (WO)
• Deadline January 21, 2024

Your role

As a Corporate Governance Officer you need to convince Boards, founders, and entrepreneurs to embrace Corporate Governance improvements. From startups to established corporates, you will work with our clients/investees across our sectors and markets. You will contribute to improving the governance of our clients/investees in line with their strategy, ambition, and local context. Improving Corporate Governance is at the heart of our FMO value-creation mandate. As a Corporate Governance Officer you are part of the front office and deal teams.

In this role, you would be expected to:

• Assess high risk and complex transactions against the FMO's Sustainability Policy in financial institutions (banks, MFIs and NBFIs), joint ventures and/or private equity funds, and especially corporates (listed, unlisted, and family-owned), where FMO is either a lender or investor.
• Support and engage with investment teams in positioning FMO and its mandate towards potential customers/partners and determining potential alignment of interests.
• Provide advisory services to FMO clients and investees on all matters pertaining to Corporate Governance (e.g. CG review, facilitate a Board evaluation, trusted advisor)
• Offer Corporate Governance knowledge sessions within FMO as well as for relevant partners, the DFI community and staff and Board members of investee companies
• Deliberately seek connections between Corporate Governance, Climate, and Environmental & Social areas to increase impact at client level.
• Help resolve transaction, portfolio, and policy-level dilemmas, escalating issues to the Manager, as appropriate.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to other members of the deal team and departmental Management Teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with finance partners and other relevant stakeholders, keeps track of evolving standards, knowledge, and expectations.
• Promote the continuous improvement of FMO policies, processes and standards.

Our offer

• Gross yearly salary of between EUR 70K - 95K (including holiday allowance and 13th month salary), depending on seniority, years of experience and background.
• Premium free pension.
• 31 holidays.
• Working remotely abroad for 60 days in a rolling period of 12 months.
• Hybrid way of working (50/50).

Your team

The FMO Corporate Governance Unit is a small, boutique team ready to offer customized solutions to selected FMO clients and investees. Adequate Corporate Governance ('CG') structures and practices allow our clients and investees to better manage risks, make adequate strategic decision in ever changing business environments and attract reputable lenders and investors as we believe that this is instrumental for building sustainable businesses. Services range from client work to the production and delivery of internal and external knowledge products and creating innovative products and solutions to stay up to speed with market developments.

For this team we are looking for a (Senior) Corporate Governance Specialist who will join an FMO-wide international community of over 50 Impact, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) experts. This individual will report to the ESG Manager in the ESG+ Department.

Your background

• Academic-level, MBA or similar, Law, organisational studies, or other relevant Master's degree.
• Strong knowledge on generally accepted corporate governance principles.
• Experience operating in an advisory or consulting capacity.
• Knowledge of strategic and/or change management methodologies.
• Knowledge of climate governance / governance of sustainability.
• Over 8-12 years of working experience, out of which at least 5 years in fields connected to advisory on topics related to corporate governance working with a wide variety of clients including both financial institutions, (family-owned) corporates, private equity funds and early-stage companies.
• Knowledge and experience with family-owned companies and debt transactions preferred.
• Exposure to equity transactions, including funds and venture capital, preferred.

Functie:	governance officer
Startdatum:	08-01-2024
Ervaring:	Ervaren
Educatielevel:	WO
Contracttype:	Vast
Salaris:	5401 – 7330
Uren per week:	1 – 40

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