Corporate Secretarial, Associate, Attorney - Enterprise

NACBA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking an Associate for Corporate Secretarial within the Legal & Compliance division in Mumbai. The role supports governance, board meeting preparation, and lifecycle management of legal entities across jurisdictions.

Strong organizational skills, meticulous documentation, and experience in Blueprint One World are essential. The candidate will work with onshore secretarial teams, coordinating with Treasury and Legal Entity Controllers on dividend and regulatory matters.

Qualifications

• Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI) and/or LLB/BGL or bachelor’s degree (essential)
• At least 2+ years post-qualification experience in corporate secretarial matters
• Experience in financial services or listed companies is a plus

Responsibilities

• Assist in corporate secretarial function for group entities
• Maintain governance records and prepare minutes, resolutions, forms, and annual returns
• Lodge filings with company registries across jurisdictions
• Prepare agendas and papers for board and committee meetings
• Maintain statutory books and corporate records in Blueprint One World
• Coordinate with Treasury and Legal Entity Controllers on dividend matters
• Support lifecycle events of legal entities (formation, mergers, dissolutions)
• Identify and recommend process improvements
• Ensure high standard of corporate governance

Skills

ICSI qualified

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Blueprint One World

Independent thinking

Team player

Attention to detail

Education

Company Secretary (ICSI)

LLB or BGL

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Blueprint One World

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our team as an Associate for Corporate Secretarial role which is a group within the Legal and Compliance Division.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is an Associate level position within the Attorney - Enterprise for offshore Legal and Compliance Department in Mumbai which is a global group based in AMER, EMEA and APAC. This team provides support services to onshore corporate secretarial team.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Assisting in corporate secretarial function for Morgan Stanley group entities engaged in the financial services under various jurisdictions
• Assisting in ensuring high standard of corporate governance, conducting board and committee meetings, post and pre meeting documentation, ensure necessary filing, monitoring compliances, record keeping, provide relevant corporate secretarial support under various jurisdiction
• Assisting in maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries for the group entities
• Assisting in drafting minutes, drafting resolutions, lodging required forms and annual returns with company registries for the group entities
• Assisting in organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and shareholder meetings
• Maintaining corporate records on entity management platforms such as Blueprint One World
• Liaising with Treasury and Legal Entity Controllers on dividend and capital repatriation matters, on a time sensitive basis, where board approval is required
• Assisting in legal entity lifecycle management (formation, mergers, dissolutions) and information requests regarding the Firm's legal entities
• Assisting in special projects related to ongoing legal entity framework/oversight initiatives and related work-streams and reorganization projects
• Make recommendations on process improvements

What you'll bring to the role:

• Qualified Company Secretary - Member of Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI) and /or LLB / BGL and /or Bachelor Degree (essential)
• At least 2+ years of post qualification experience in professional firms, banking or financial institutions or listed companies handling corporate secretarial matter (essential)
• Knowledge of international jurisdictional law (desirable)
• Prior company secretarial experience, if any
• Financial services experience
• Expertise with Blueprint One World
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
• Team player who can successfully manage multiple projects and priorities
• Ability to think independently, form opinions and make decisions
• Ability to anticipate ahead of time and escalation issues as appropriate
• Pragmatic and analytical problem-solving skills - candidate needs to consistently apply sound judgment
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills - ability to effectively correspond with various groups and senior professionals over email and the telephone
• Must be able to maintain a high level of organization under pressure
• Successfully meet established deadline requirements - display efficient time management skills
• Experience in stakeholder management with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively
• Ability to identify and recommend process efficiencies
• Attention to detail

Coverage

Monday to Friday from 11.30AM to 8.30PM India time with flexibility on standard working hours for time sensitive matters (including India Public Holidays).

Periodic evening calls with AMER internal clients / vendors

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that's differentiated - and we've done that for 90 years.

Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.

There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo .