Key Responsibilities:
- Core Secretarial Duties
- Ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements under the Companies Act and other applicable laws.
- Maintain and manage the statutory registers, records, and filings.
- Draft and review board resolutions, meeting agendas, and minutes of board meetings and general meetings.
- IPO Readiness and Compliance:
- Lead and manage secretarial activities related to IPO preparation, execution, and post-IPO governance.
- Ensure compliance with SEBI (ICDR) regulations and other statutory requirements.
- Collaborate with external consultants, auditors, and legal advisors during the IPO process relating to secretarial activities.
- Work closely with Secretarial auditor and ensure all observations are solved and to ensure processes are built for future compliances based on their findings
- Oversee the documentation, due diligence, and regulatory filings for the IPO.
- Regulatory Interactions and Compliance:
- Act as the primary liaison with external regulatory bodies such as SEBI, MCA, stock exchanges, and other authorities as required.
- Handle filings, disclosures, and compliance with Companies Act, SEBI regulations, and Listing Obligations (LODR).
- Corporate Secretarial:
- Oversee board and shareholder meetings, prepare resolutions, and ensure timely filings.
- Draft and review key documents like annual reports, director disclosures, and compliance certificates.
- Ensuring timely filings of all MCA forms relating to debt, equity,periodic regulatory filings.
- Liaise with cross functional teams to ensure data availability for filing of forms ensuring timely filing and compliance.
- Identify and finalize meeting agendas, compile action points, track deliverables, and document minutes for the Board meetings.
- Risk Management:
- Provide strategic inputs on corporate restructuring, compliance risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Monitor adherence to corporate governance codes and frameworks.
- Governance Responsibilities
- Advise senior management on corporate governance matters, ensuring best practices are followed.
- Assist in the development and implementation of governance policies and frameworks.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure timely compliance and reporting, Pre IPO and Post IPO
The person would be the designated company secretary for the company.
QualifIcations and Skills:
Professional Qualification:
- Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
- Proven experience in IPO lifecycle management and / or post-IPO compliance.
- Strong knowledge of the Companies Act, SEBI regulations, and corporate laws.
- Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory liaison capabilities.
- Strong drafting, communication, and analytical skills.