Role Summary:
The Company Secretary is responsible for ensuring the company's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining effective governance, and providing administrative support to the Board of Directors.
Key Responsibilities:
Governance:
- Ensure compliance with company laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory changes.
- Advise the team on governance matters.
Board Administration:
- Coordinate Board Notice and Agendas.
- Drafting and circulate Minutes as per Secretarial Standards.
- Prepare and circulate meeting materials.
- Maintain accurate records and filings.
- Maintain Statutory Register.
Compliance Management:
- Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Identify and mitigate risks.
- Implement and monitor compliance policies.
Listing Obligations:
- Adherence to SEBI LODR Regulations
- Ensuring quarterly, half yearly, yearly and periodic compliances under SEBI LODR Regulations
- Preparation and Finalisation of Draft Board’s Report, CG Report and Annual Report as per LODR Regulations
- Undertaking the Compliances for prevention of Insider Trading
- Compliances, reporting and correspondence related to CSR Activities undertaken by the
- Company or through implementing agency.
- Compliances related to declaration of dividend, if any.
- ESOP related Compliances
- Revision in Policy & Charters as required under SEBI LODR & Companies Act from time to time.
Stakeholder Relations:
- Act as single point of contact for shareholders.
- Facilitating communication and addressing queries or concerns.
- Coordination for Shareholders Meetings and managing voting process.
ROC Filing:
- Well verse with sections of the Companies Act 2013.
- Filing of Statutory Form with ROC.
- Able to independently handle transactions with ROC like:
- Creation / Satisfaction of Charge.
- Issue of Securities (As per section 42 and 62 of Companies Act, 2013)
- Incorporation of Companies.
- Preparation of Board’s Report, AOC 4 and XBRL.
- Preparation of Annual Return.
- Preparation of Form like DPT 3, MSME, DIR 3 KYC, etc.
Company Records and Registers:
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date company records including statutory register and corporate documents.
- Ensure proper filing and storage of documents.
Other:
- Provide administrative support to the Board.
- Collaborate with external advisors (Lawyers, Auditors, Consultant, etc.)
- Coordination with RTA for Securities related matters.
Digitization:
- Focus on digitization of key secretarial matters, documents and records.
Must-Have Skills:
- Professional certification (e.g., ICSA, ACIS)
- Graduate qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in Law, Business, or related field (if any)
- Proven experience as a Company Secretary.
- Strong knowledge of company law, governance, and compliance.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Good-to-Have Skills:
- Experience with company secretarial software.
- Familiarity with industry-specific regulations.