Company Secretary - Banking

Description:

The Legal & CS role is critical for ensuring regulatory compliance, legal risk mitigation, and corporate governance in an NBFC environment. The position supports business continuity by managing statutory obligations, RBI compliances, legal documentation, and board governance, thereby enabling safe and compliant growth of lending and financial operations

We are seeking a strong legal-focused CS professional to ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, contract management, and governance support

The role is critical to safeguard the company against regulatory, contractual, and litigation risks while ensuring smooth compliance with RBI, Companies Act, and other applicable laws

Key Focus Area:

- Oversee legal compliance, contract management, statutory fi lings, and corporate governance in line with regulatory requirements.

- Handle end-to-end legal documentation, regulatory compliance, board matters, and risk mitigation for the organization

- Manage legal affairs including contracts, statutory compliances, corporate governance, and regulatory advisory

- Ensure compliance with company law and applicable regulations while handling legal documentation and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities:

- Legal due diligence for borrowers, vendors, and partners.

- Draft, review, and vet contracts, agreements, MOUs, NDAs, SLAs, and loan-related legal documents

- Handle legal notices, replies, and official legal correspondence.

- Coordinate with external legal counsel on litigation, notices, disputes, and recovery matters.

- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations

- (Companies Act, Contract Act, RBI guidelines, Labour Laws, etc.).

- Identify legal and compliance risks and advise management on risk mitigation.

- Handle Board, Committee, and General Meetings

- Drafting notices, agendas, minutes, and resolutions.

- Maintain statutory registers, records, and regulatory filings

- Coordinate with auditors, regulators, and consultants