Company Secretary

Job Purpose

To lead the company secretarial and corporate governance functions, ensuring full compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary point of contact on all governance and compliance matters.

Ensure timely compliance with all requirements under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), RBI and other regulatory authorities.

Organize and manage Board, Committee, and General Meetings, including preparing agendas, circulating notices, recording minutes, and maintaining statutory registers.

Draft, review, and file all necessary statutory returns, forms, and disclosures.

Co-ordinate and guide the designated persons and option grantees and ensure smooth ESOP administration including facilitating esop exercise, pre-clearance, disclosures, etc. as applicable

Analyse and advise on corporate laws, secretarial standards, and adopt best governance practices.

Liaise with regulatory bodies, external auditors, legal advisors, and stakeholders as required.

Ensure smooth secretarial audits, due diligence, and corporate restructuring activities (acquisitions, mergers, demergers, share transfers, etc.).

Required Qualifications & Experience

Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) – mandatory.

10+ years of post-qualification experience in company secretarial and corporate governance roles.

In-depth knowledge of Companies Act, 2013, SEBI regulations including Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR), Prohibition of Insider Trading (PIT), Takeover Code, FEMA and other corporate laws.

Strong experience in handling Board and Committee matters, statutory filings, and compliance audits, ESOP management, Overseas investment and foreign subsidiaries

Team management experience is necessary.

Key Skills

Excellent knowledge of corporate and company law

Strong communication, drafting, and presentation skills

High integrity and confidentiality

Leadership and team management abilities

Strong stakeholder and regulatory liaisoning skills