Manager -CS

One of the Leading Organization; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

One of the Leading Organization in Mumbai seeks a seasoned legal and secretarial professional to oversee all board and statutory compliance for the company and its group entities in India and abroad. You will draft agendas and notices, maintain a compliance calendar and NDA repository, and ensure timely MCA-21 filings and annual returns.

The role includes governance counsel, IP matters, and coordinating litigation with external counsel.

Responsibilities

• Drafting of agenda, notice, and resolution for all board, general meetings, and committee meetings.
• Maintaining a compliance calendar and filing all statutory documents and returns in a timely manner.
• Maintaining NDA and other compliance related documents.
• Preparation and maintenance of statutory books and records; filing balance sheet & profit & loss statements; MCA-21 online filing.
• Facilitating KYC for directors on MCA portal including appointments and resignations.
• Reorganization of company, including shifting registered office or amendments to MOA & AOA.
• Advising on governance, ethics issues, and regulatory changes across concerned teams.
• Litigation management: coordinating with external counsel, reviewing pleadings, and controlling legal expenses.

Job description

• Should be compliant to deal with all the applicable laws / corporate laws.
• Ability to independently manage Legal & secretarial function for the Company and any related/group entities in India and abroad.
• Drafting of agenda, notice, and resolution for all board, general meetings, and committee meetings
• Maintaining a compliance calendar and filing all statutory documents and returns in a timely manner. Maintaining NDA and other compliance related documents.
• Preparation and maintenance of various statutory books and other records. Preparation of annual return, filing of balance sheet & profit & loss. Well conversant with MCA-21 i.e., online filing, with timely filing of all secretarial related statutory returns as per compliance calendar
• Facilitating and ensuring timely KYC for all director registrations on MCA portal including resignation and addition of new director. Reorganization of company i.e., shifting of registered office of the company or any alteration in MOA & AOA
• Provide suggestions / advice on all company secretarial functions including the board of directors, members, governance, and compliance structure of the Company.
• Supervision and compliance of FCRA/ FEMA regulations.
• Responsible for ensuring practice of good corporate governance and upholding the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and compliance. Drafting, vetting, and negotiating Legal documents including but not limited to agreements, term sheets, MOUs, Leave & License Agreements, Lease Deeds, Memorandum of Understanding, Legal notices & Reply to the Notices/ Show Cause Notices, Indemnity Bonds, Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Non-Disclosure agreements, Confidentiality agreements, Service Agreements, etc. and maintenance of its repository.
• Counsel on various aspects of IP law (trademarks, copyrights, designs) such as registration, enforcement and prosecutions, management, and protection.
• General legal advice on governance, ethics issues and sexual harassment cases, update on employee grievance committees. Update to all concerned teams/ departments on key issues and regulatory/ statutory changes.
• Litigation Management Administration of end-to-end process-flow of litigation and contentious matters filed by/ against the Company. Instructing and briefing external counsels, reviewing, drafting, vetting of pleadings before Court/ Regulatory. Maintenance and control of legal expenses including negotiation of fee schedules with external counsels. Organizing and conducting timely review of all ongoing cases with Companys senior management to ensure accurate categorization of risk and strategy for speedy resolution.
• Any other responsibilities as decided by the Management