Senior Executive Legal & Compliance

1. Accountable to attend and monitor court hearings for all legal cases and ensure filing of insolvency proceedings at NCLT for recovery of due amounts from corporate entities

• Review Trade Mark Journal periodically to see that the company's marks are protected against any same / similar filings etc.
  • Execute documents required for defending any Trade Mark, Spurious material related matters
  • Review Contingent Liabilities with an objective to provide guidance to zones and effective management decision making.
  • Study, analyze and arrange response to Show Cause Notices, keeping in view Substance of transaction, relevant rules / regulations and feedback from Legal team

2. Accountable for managing key aspects pertaining to statutory audits such as liasoning with tax authorities, arranging for POAs and validation of royalty slips and associated amounts

• Arrange notarized Power of Attorney for the entire function as per the business need and internal control requirements

3. Contributes to and is responsible for the identification, evaluation, negotiation and finalization of vendors

• Preparation of MOU for settlement of issues with various parties

4. Contributes to and is responsible for adherence to SOPs & policies, creation of internal / external benchmarks for teams and ensuring resolution of system related issues

• Study the Business Processes and develop SOPs to facilitate the smooth and sustainable business conduct
  • To review SOPs regularly to keep the same contemporary with the evolving organization structure, business context, regulatory changes and empowerment matrix SOP in concurrence with zonal office and stakeholders
  • Conceptualize systems for new / process improvement, in line with the statutory compliances and best Corporate Governance practices ensuring the development in association with the IT team
  • Conduct awareness programs and regular updates based on new systems / government regulations / corporate level experience.
  • Resolution of Zonal queries to ensure seamless and consistent compliances

5. Contributes to and is responsible for co-ordination with internal auditors, implementation of internal audit recommendations while ensuring strict adherence and critical review of audit reports

• Critical review of Audit Reports to assess the context and gravity of observations and suggest the appropriate responses / corrective actions required in the internal business process

6. Contributes to and is responsible for engaging with tax authorities and also ensuring necessary legal vetting of responses to show cause notices / GST notices and letters

• To provide support to zones by necessary legal vetting to ensure consistency in the responses of show cause notices / letters of GST departments

7. Contributes to and is responsible for analyzing balance sheet and P&L account, reviewing and critically scrutinizing key financial statements and conducting physical stock verification

• Critical review of the Contingent Liabilities and provisioning requirements with zonal teams and suggest / recommend course of action to ensure proper provisioning coverage

8. Contributes to and is responsible for the preparation / review / renewal of agreements & contracts in a timely fashion to protect the companys interests and mitigate risks to the best extent possible

• Finalization of Standard Contracts to ensure that Company's interests are adequately protected, risks are identified and mitigated
  • Periodic review of Agreements to keep the same contemporary with the evolving business context, learnings and regulatory changes in concurrence with zonal office and stakeholders
  • Appropriate legal review and solicit external legal advice

9. Contributes to and is responsible for gathering and analyzing market information on prevailing transportation rates, market presence and service levels of transporters, to facilitate sound decision making

• Analyse the market practices and recommend required changes to improve and optimize processes and procedures