Company Secretary - Asset Reconstruction Firm (5-15 yrs)

Job Description:

- Prepare Board and Committee agendas and minutes.

- Follow up on actions arising from meetings to ensure timely completion.

- Supervise critical projects within the CS function or involving CS function interfaces.

- Drive simplification and automation of processes, and create a repository of various processes and checklists.

- Monitor changes in legislative and regulatory environments, ensuring appropriate dissemination of information and proactive actions to ensure compliance and safeguard company interests.

- Assist in supporting and providing guidance to the Board, Board Committees, and individual directors in effectively discharging their duties and responsibilities.

- Ensure compliance with the Companies Act, both ad hoc and periodic, including filing relevant forms with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

- Manage compliance for a high-value debt-listed company, including adherence to SEBI regulations and debenture trustee regulations.

- Maintain the company's statutory registers and records.

- Ensure timely filing of annual returns, financial statements, and other statutory documents.

- Act as a Centre of Excellence (COE) for interpreting the Companies Act and SEBI regulations, developing a repository of precedents based on publicly available information.

- Serve as the single point of contact for the CS function within the organization and with secretarial auditors, statutory auditors, etc.

- Advise, guide, support, and assist senior management in corporate secretarial matters, Board and shareholder dealings, and interactions with regulators and external stakeholders.

- Draft the annual report, general meeting notices, postal ballot notices, and oversee dividend payments. Handle overall shareholder services, including interface with the company's share transfer agent.

- Provide administrative support to the Company Secretary.

- Prepare presentations, MIS reports, and other related documentation.