Varsity Education - Company Secretary (10-15 yrs)

Designation - Company Secretary

Working Location - CO Hyderabad

Position Type - Permanent

Travel Required - No

Reporting to CFO with dotted line reporting to Board of Directors

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Act as Company Secretary for Brown Stone, Ashriya

- Handle Secretarial activities for other Group companies as required

- Drafting, vetting of legal agreements and discussing with Vendors, landlords, Customers and internal stakeholders.

- Being proactive in planning for required Secretarial and Legal activities

- Ensure compliance with the corresponding entities

- Review and negotiating contracts keep company business interest at the forefront.

- Develop commercial understanding of the business and each product line for risk assessment

including what is mandatorily required under applicable laws/regulations

- Work with cross-functional teams including agreeing on the contractual requirements

- Liaise with cross-functional teams on multi-faceted inputs/terms to be agreed and drive commercial

negotiation with the objective of having the contract mutually agreed and signed

- Facilitate negotiations of various terms (including commercial and operational terms) for

consideration in the contracts together with the Senior Management Group, Finance, Legal, Tax

- Provide support to group entities. Timely accurate reporting to Management with updates

- Work on special projects as may be assigned

- Should have experience in handling litigation, non-litigation (documentation)

- Support the Company s M&A, investment and other corporate development activities, including the due diligence process

- To oversee the legal aspects of the verticals / businesses carried out by the Group

Desired Profile

- Must be an CS with 10+ years of experience as Company Secretary

- Additional Legal qualification like LLB will be an advantage

- Sound Knowledge of FEMA Regulations, Companies Act and Labour Laws

- Strong communication skills and excellent drafting skills

- Sound and practical business judgment

- Superior interpersonal skills and team-first attitude

- Mergers & Acquisition (M&A s) experience