Company Secretary & Compliance Officer - Mining/Shipping

Job Description :

- Ensuring that the company stays within the legal parameters by adhering to legal, statutory and secretarial requirements under the provisions of Companies Act.

- Advising, in conjunctions with the company's solicitors/executives, in respect of the legal matters as and when required.- Facilitating Board meetings along with supporting in implementing Board's decisions/suggestions. Analyses secretarial and legal issues, compares and identifies the best alternative based on organizational requirement.

- Takes decision in finalizing any contracts/ agreements as per prevailing statutory rules.

- Advices management on tax and legal implications and forecasts regulatory issues in case of acquisition, share trading, imports or any foreign transactions to make it tax effective.

- Decides on SOPs as undertaken by the department.

- Analyses secretarial and legal issues, compares and identifies the best alternative based on organizational requirement.

- Takes decision in finalizing any contracts/ agreements as per prevailing statutory rules.

- Advices management on tax and legal implications and forecasts regulatory issues in case of acquisition, share trading, imports or any foreign transactions to make it tax effective.

- Decides on SOPs as undertaken by the department.

Compliance :

- Drives the compliance framework across the Group

- Ensuring compliances with the applicable secretarial standards issues by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and approved by Central Government of India.

- Ensure compliance with the statutory requirements and regulations prescribed under the Companies Act, FEMA, FDI and all other applicable legislation.

- Inspects cases on compliance issues, prevention of money laundering, KYC, POA, frauds, labour issues etc.

Secretarial Operations :

- Liaise and coordinate with the NSDL, CDSL, Share Transfer Agents and Registrars etc. of the Organization for transfer, transmission and dematerialization of securities

- Ensures arrangement for the payment of the dividend within prescribed period as provided under the provisions of the Companies Law.

- Ensures business of the company is conducted in accordance with its objectives as contained in its Memorandum of Association (MOA) and the affairs of the company are managed in accordance with the Articles of Association (AOA)

- Reviews filing of copy of special resolutions in prescribed form within the specified time period.

Legal Support :

- Considers all legal obligations during a new company formation under the group.

- Validates the draft Power of Attorney and confirms the power given there in

- Adheres to the process of appointment of auditors/directors of the newly formed company

- Engages legal advisors to defend the rights of the company in Courts of Law

- Implements the policies formulated by the directors

- Engages legal advisors to defend the rights of the company in Courts of Law

- Implements the policies formulated by the directors