Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

HITACHI VANTARA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Times Internet is building a lending product within a large group as a greenfield NBFC venture. You will own compliance from ground up, with no team to delegate to, and will lead RBI-related governance and filings.

Role requires drafting policies, coordinating with Legal and Product, and ensuring all borrower-facing touchpoints meet regulatory standards. 3–5 years of hands-on lending compliance is expected.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in compliance at a lending NBFC, HFC, or bank — you must have worked in lending, not just financial services broadly.
• Relevant Companies Act experience for an unlisted public limited company.
• Solid grip on RBI Digital Lending Directions 2025, KYC Master Directions, IRACP norms, and Scale Based Regulation
• Done AML/KYC compliance hands-on, including PEP and sanctions screening (OFAC, UN)
• Can draft a board note, a policy document, and a regulatory response — independently
• Know your way around RBI CIMS and NBS returns

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility will include convening board meetings, preparing agendas and drafting minutes, maintaining statutory records, managing ROC filings and ensuring overall compliance under the Companies Act, 2013, RBI/PMLA Regulations and other applicable regulatory requirements for the NBFC-ICC
• Build the full compliance framework from scratch — AML/KYC policy,IT/cyber security policy, grievance redressal, Fair Practices Code, and everything else the RBI requires of a digital lending NBFC
• Be the Principal/Compliance Officer for RBI Digital Lending Guidelines —own the relationship with the regulator
• Set up and run the compliance calendar — all RBI returns, filings, and board dates
• Get us on RBI CIMS, keep our COR current, and make sure every borrower-facing touchpoint (app, website, docs) is clean from a regulatory standpoint
• Work directly with Legal and Product to validate that every feature we ship is compliant before it goes live
• Get board approval for all policies — you'll be presenting, not supporting

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Policy drafting

Board communication

RBI/NBFC compliance

Job description

About Times Internet (across TIL)

At Times Internet, we create premium digital products that simplify and enhance the lives of millions. As India’s largest digital products company, we have a significant presence across a wide range of categories, including News, Sports, Fintech, and Enterprise solutions. Our portfolio features market-leading and iconic brands such as TOI, ET, NBT, Cricbuzz, Times Prime, Times Card, Indiatimes, Whatshot, Abound, Willow TV, Techgig and Times Mobile among many more. Each of these products is crafted to enrich your experiences and bring you closer to your interests and aspirations. As an equal opportunity employer, Times Internet strongly promotes inclusivity and diversity. We are proud to have achieved overall gender pay parity in 2018, verified by an independent audit conducted by Aon Hewitt. We are driven by the excitement of new possibilities and are committed to bringing innovative products, ideas, and technologies to help people make the most of every day. Join us and take us to the next level!

About Role

We're building a lending product inside a large group, but our NBFC is a greenfield entity, which means compliance needs to be built from the ground up,not inherited. You'll own everything that keeps our licence intact. No team to delegate to, no established process to fall back on. If you've been the second person in a compliance team and want to be the first, this is that role.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility will include convening board meetings, preparing agendas and drafting minutes, maintaining statutory records, managing ROC filings and ensuring overall compliance under the Companies Act, 2013, RBI/PMLA Regulations and other applicable regulatory requirements for the NBFC-ICC.
• Build the full compliance framework from scratch — AML/KYC policy,IT/cyber security policy, grievance redressal, Fair Practices Code, and everything else the RBI requires of a digital lending NBFC.
• Be the Principal/Compliance Officer for RBI Digital Lending Guidelines —own the relationship with the regulator
• Set up and run the compliance calendar — all RBI returns, filings, and board dates
• Get us on RBI CIMS, keep our COR current, and make sure every borrower-facing touchpoint (app, website, docs) is clean from a regulatory standpoint
• Work directly with Legal and Product to validate that every feature we ship is compliant before it goes live
• Get board approval for all policies — you'll be presenting, not supporting

Requirements

• 3–5 years in compliance at a lending NBFC, HFC, or bank — you must have worked in lending, not just financial services broadly
• Relevant Companies Act experience for an unlisted public limited company.
• Solid grip on RBI Digital Lending Directions 2025, KYC Master Directions,IRACP norms, and Scale Based Regulation
• Done AML/KYC compliance hands-on, including PEP and sanctions screening (OFAC, UN)
• Can draft a board note, a policy document, and a regulatory response —independently
• Know your way around RBI CIMS and NBS returns