Ola Electric - Lead - Company Secretary - LLB/LLM

OLA is India's first vertically-integrated organisation; we are the first in the industry to have end-to-end indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We built the world's largest 2W factory in India, the Ola Future Factory, and have set up India's first Battery Innovation Centre (BIC) to develop futuristic and localised cell tech. OIa's BIC is one of the world's largest cell R&D centres. Over the long-term, we will build a global EV hub in India to galvanise, strengthen our local EV ecosystem and cement India's position as a key player in EV manufacturing.

Role Context:

We are looking for a dynamic leader to lead the Company Secretary role for OLA's Business. This is a critical role for the growth of the organisation given the exponential expansion plans at hand

Responsibilities:

- Take an active role and provide valuable input to the management decisions related to fund raise, share issues, mergers and takeovers

- Oversee and lead the secretarial function of a group comprising of 10 legal entities based out of various jurisdiction like India, USA, Netherlands, Singapore, etc.

- Review agendas and papers for board meetings, committees, and annual general meetings (AGMs) and follow up on action points

- Overall Supervision of the board and shareholders meeting including its compliance thereto

- Provide legal, financial, and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings

- Ensure policies, regulatory, or statutory changes that might affect the organization are up to date, approved by the committee and explained to the concerned departments

- In charge of overall applicable compliances (Companies Act/FEMA)

- Handle correspondence, collate information, write reports and communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders

- Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers and auditors

- Create and manage action plan in response to audit observations and violations, if any

- Implement processes or systems to ensure good management of the organization

- Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes within stipulated timelines, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements

- Review of annual reports from a statutory and governance point of view

Experience & Skills:

- 09-13 yrs. of experience as CS.

- Must be a Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Desirable:

- Must have sound knowledge of FEMA provisions/FDI Policy

- Be a LLB, LLM will be an advantage

- Have an experience of 09-14 years

- Have strong communication skills

- Excellent drafting skills

- Good eye for detail

- Problem solving and analytical skills

- Ability multi-task and meet deadlines