Assistant Corporate Secretary - Legal & Corp Secretary - Akron Headquarters

Assistant Corporate Secretary - Legal & Corp Secretary - Akron First Energy Headquarters

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First Energy at a Glance

We are a forward‐thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. First Energy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, First Energy includes one of the nation’s largest investor‐owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid‑Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

About The Opportunity

This is a great opportunity for a corporate governance professional to join a growing team and help advance the ever‑changing governance landscape at a highly dynamic, publicly‑traded company. This Assistant Corporate Secretary will join the Corporate Secretary team within First Energy Service Company (a subsidiary of First Energy Corp.) and will report to the Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel at the First Energy Headquarters in Akron, Ohio.

This Assistant Corporate Secretary will support the Board of Directors and executives of the parent company and its subsidiaries, and will collaborate with multi‑disciplinary teams across the Company—including Legal, Investor Relations, Communications, Corporate Responsibility, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources and Ethics and Compliance—to drive the implementation of key initiatives in a wide range of corporate governance matters.

Location & Employment

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED ON‑SITE AND FULL‑TIME AT THE FIRSTENERGY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, AKRON, OH. 44320.

Responsibilities

• Secretarial support of the Board of Directors:
  • Serve as a governance resource related to corporate strategic initiatives, including Board and Committee oversight and governance responsibilities
  • Support the preparation and distribution of information to the Board of Directors, including meeting materials and Board calendar items; draft corporate resolutions and consents, and maintain corporate minute books and Board portal
  • Ensuring compliance with Board and Committee policies and charter documents
  • Support and coordinate director education and new director training and onboarding
  • Assist in drafting Board and committee meeting minutes
  • Oversee administration of director compensation
• Serve as a primary resource related to subsidiary management:
  • Responsible for planning and maintaining work systems, procedures, and policies that enable and encourage the optimum performance of legal subsidiary administration
  • Oversee preparation of corporate legal documents with various Secretaries of State with respect to corporate transactions (formation, merger/conversion, reorganization, acquisition, divestiture or liquidation, etc.) and maintain subsidiary good standing status
  • Provide supporting corporate documents such as good standing certificates, secretary certificates and incumbency certificates
  • Maintain current list of legal entities and organizational chart and subsidiary officers/directors, and manage signing authorities at the subsidiary level
  • Oversee responses to compliance and know‑your‑customer requests related to legal entity information and ownership structure for banks, vendors, customers, regulatory agencies, etc.
• Support the corporate secretary team reporting components of the Company’s (and certain of its subsidiaries’) securities filings, including 10‑K, 10‑Q, 8‑K, proxy statement, registration statements, Section 16 filings, and support compliance with all applicable stock exchange requirements
• Maintain secretarial team policies and procedures, including administration of the Company’s Insider Trading Policy and Rule 10b‑5 compliance, delegations of authority, related party transactions and other proxy disclosures, and director compensation
• Review and advise on external public‑facing communications, policies or reports, including earnings releases, press releases, investor/analyst presentations, corporate responsibility reporting, Annual…