Company Secretary

1 Month ago • 10-10 Years • Legal

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Job Description

Sinch is looking for a Company Secretary to join their Legal team in India. The Company Secretary will be responsible for compliance with secretarial standards and applicable law, specifically the Companies Act and the Foreign Exchange Management Act. They will also be responsible for executing post-merger grant statutory activities, developing and overseeing systems that ensure compliance with applicable law, and being abreast with regulatory and/or statutory changes that may affect the company. The Company Secretary will also be responsible for implementing processes and systems to ensure good corporate governance, proactively providing strategic advice including advice on corporate governance matters, liaising with regulators and communicating with external professionals involved in corporate governance, such as auditors. The Company Secretary will also be responsible for convening and providing administration for board meetings and shareholders meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes, preparing resolutions, conveying decisions and handling meeting correspondence. The Company Secretary will also be responsible for maintaining statutory books, including statutory registers and records, undertaking annual filings and event driven filings and returns with regulators such as, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Reserve Bank of India, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide array of commercial contracts, including customer services agreements, partnership agreements, telecom operator contracts, tender documents, etc., and coordinating with law enforcement authorities and investigation agencies as part of Sinch India’s VMN fraud handling efforts.
Must have:
  • Membership with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant demonstrable experience with multinational
  • Strong subject matter knowledge
  • Bachelor’s degree in law from a recognized university
  • Impeccable integrity - ethical and honest in all respects
  • Self-starter having attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
  • Be able to work independently and manage multiple priorities and projects with firm deadlines
  • Strong English written and verbal communication skills
Perks:
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Training & Development
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Description

Sinch is a global leader in the growing market for Communication Platforms as a Service (CPaaS) and mobile customer engagement. We are specialists in allowing businesses to reach everyone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging, email, voice, and video.

We reach every phone on earth. From the lifechanging to the time-saving, we're helping our customers to interact with people like never before. For you, that means working in an environment that offers an incredible variety of exciting challenges, and the chance to impact how billions of people engage with their favourite brands. The dream of personalizing content to all 15 billion phones on the planet is no fairy tale!

More than 150,000 businesses, including many of the world’s largest companies and mobile operators, use Sinch’s advanced technology platform to engage with their customers. Moreover, Sinch has been profitable and fast-growing since its foundation. Sinch's core values are Make it Happen, Dream Big, Keep it Simple and Win Together. These values describe how our global organization works and inspire every of our more than 5,000 employees across 60 different countries.

Legal @ Sinch India

Legal team is an important part of the business helping Sinch India achieve its goals. The team is responsible for providing accurate and risk mitigating advice aligned with Sinch’s best interests and guided by Sinch’s ethical standards of doing business. The team responds to high priority topics and works on challenging legal issues in a fast-paced environment.

Overview of the role: Company Secretary

This is an individual contributor position and will report to the India legal head. To be successful in this role, you should have hands on experience in independently handling company secretarial matters and you should be comfortable working in a dynamic environment.

Key responsibility areas:

·       Be responsible for compliance with secretarial standards and applicable law; specifically, the Companies Act and the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

·         Execute post-merger grant statutory activities.  

·         Develop and oversee systems that ensure compliance with applicable law.

·         Be abreast with regulatory and/or statutory changes that may affect the company and ensure that corresponding policies are updated and are approved.

·       Corporate Governance

·         Implement processes and systems to ensure good corporate governance.

·         Proactively provide strategic advice including advice on corporate governance matters.

·         Liaise with regulators and communicate with external professionals involved in corporate governance, such as auditors.

·       Board Meetings and Shareholders Meetings

·         Convene and provide administration for board meetings and shareholders meetings.

·         Prepare agendas, take minutes, prepare resolutions, convey decisions and handle meeting correspondence.

·       Maintain statutory books, including statutory registers and records.

·       Undertake annual filings and event driven filings and returns with regulators such as, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Reserve Bank of India.

·       Draft, review, and negotiate a wide array of commercial contracts, including customer services agreements, partnership agreements, telecom operator contracts, tender documents, etc. Undertake thorough and nuanced review of contract documents to identify risks and propose commercially viable mitigations.

·       Coordinate with law enforcement authorities and investigation agencies as part of Sinch India’s VMN fraud handling efforts.

Skills & Experience:

·        Membership with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

·        Minimum 10 years of relevant demonstrable experience with multinational.

·        Strong subject matter knowledge.

·         Bachelor’s degree in law from a recognized university with 10 years of demonstrable experience.

Person Specification:

·         Impeccable integrity - ethical and honest in all respects.

·         Self-starter having attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.

·         Be able to work independently and manage multiple priorities and projects with firm deadlines.

·         Strong English written and verbal communication skills.

·         Comfortable with work from office model (Mon-Fri), job location is Sec 132, Noida.

Being you at Sinch:

We're a worldwide group of people, committed to diversity. We're working to offer an increasingly inclusive workplace wherever you are. No matter who you are, you'll be able to explore new career and growth options - sharing your voice, building your path and making it happen with us.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered to join our team regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, and more.

Your life at Sinch:

Being a Sincher is all about learning and being in pursuit of new challenges. Working in the offices, at home, or in a hybrid model, that means celebrating change and the unknown, rolling up your sleeves and seeing what impact you can have on the world. The only way is up, and you’ll be reaching for the opportunities that match where you want to take your career. It’s closer than you think.

Our expert teams are built from some of the most experienced in the industry. We employ people from all over the world, from all walks of life and from all backgrounds. We work together, feeding on our diversity to make us stronger, and we encourage each other to be the best we can be. Innovation drives us, and we challenge ourselves every day.

Are you ready? Join us on our journey!

Know more about us: www.sinch.com

Benefits

  • Private Health Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Training & Development
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