Job Description

This role is a part of global Corporate Secretarial team within Client’s Legal and Compliance Division and is positioned at LCDCoE.  The role will support Asia Pacific including six Indian entities for all Corporate Secretarial activities including strategic transactions.

Primary responsibilities

 

  • Assisting in corporate secretarial function for Client group entities engaged in the financial services under various jurisdictions.
  • Assisting in ensuring high standard of corporate governance, conducting board and committee meetings, post and pre meeting documentation, ensure necessary filing, monitoring compliances, record keeping, provide relevant corporate secretarial support under various jurisdiction.
  • Assisting in maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries for the group entities;
  • Assisting in drafting minutes, drafting resolutions, lodging required forms and annual returns with company registries for the group entities;
  • Assisting in organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and shareholder meetings;
  • Maintaining corporate records on entity management platforms such as Diligent entities;
  • Liaising with Treasury and Legal Entity Controllers on dividend and capital repatriation matters, on a time sensitive basis, where board approval is required;
  • Assisting in legal entity lifecycle management (formation, mergers, dissolutions) and information requests regarding the Firm’s legal entities;
  • Assisting in special projects related to ongoing legal entity framework/oversight initiatives and related work-streams and reorganization projects;
  • Make recommendations on process improvements.

  

Requirements

 

Qualification:

 

  • Qualified Company Secretary – Member of Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI) and /or LLB / BGL and /or Bachelor Degree (essential);
  • 5-6 years post qualification experience in professional firms, banking or financial institutions or listed companies handling corporate secretarial matter;    

 

Skills:

 

  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills – experience to effectively collaborate with various groups and interact with senior stakeholders over email and the telephone
  • Attention to detail
  • Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point)
  • Working knowledge of Blueprint One World (added advantage)
  • Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
  • Team player who can successfully manage 2-3 member team, multiple projects and priorities
  • Ability to think independently, challenge status quo, form opinions and make informed decisions
  • Ability to anticipate ahead of time and escalate issues as appropriate
  • Pragmatic and analytical problem solving skills - candidate needs to consistently apply sound judgment
  • Must be able to maintain a high level of organization under pressure
  • Successfully meet established deadline requirements – display efficient time management skills

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