Job Description:

Company Secretary (IPO & Corporate Compliance)

Role:

Company Secretary / Senior Executive, Secretarial & Capital Markets

Department:

Corporate Secretarial / Capital Markets Advisory

Role Overview:

We are looking for a qualified Company Secretary with around two years of hands-on IPO experience to join our capital markets and corporate secretarial team. You will manage secretarial workstreams in IPO assignments and coordinate with clients, merchant bankers, RTAs, and other stakeholders from pre-IPO structuring through listing.

Key Responsibilities:

IPO Execution:

- Conduct secretarial due diligence and verify statutory records, charter documents, and historical corporate actions.

- Assist in preparing and reviewing the DRHP/RHP and prospectus, particularly the capital structure, history, management, and statutory disclosures.

- Coordinate with merchant bankers, legal counsel, auditors, RTAs, depositories, and stock exchanges.

- Handle and respond to secretarial queries from merchant bankers, SEBI, and stock exchanges.

- Support pre-IPO activities such as conversion to a public company, increase in authorised capital, ESOP schemes, and board and committee reconstitution.

- Manage the ROC and MCA filings related to the IPO process.

Corporate Secretarial & Compliance:

- Manage day-to-day secretarial compliances for client companies under the Companies Act, 2013.

- Prepare notices, agendas, and minutes for Board, committee, and general meetings.

- Maintain statutory registers and records.

- Ensure compliance with SEBI (ICDR) and SEBI (LODR) Regulations, including post-listing requirements.

FEMA Compliance:

- Ensure compliance under FEMA regulations, including FDI reporting (FC-GPR, FC-TRS) and related filings.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

- Qualified Company Secretary (member of ICSI).

- Around 2 years of experience in IPO-related work, either in a CS or CA firm or in the capital markets team of a company.

- Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, SEBI (ICDR) and LODR Regulations, and FEMA.

- Experience in secretarial due diligence and in working with merchant bankers and RTAs.

- Excellent drafting, communication, and coordination skills.

- Ability to manage multiple assignments within tight timelines.

Good to Have:

- Familiarity with MCA, SEBI (SCORES), BSE/NSE, and depository portals.

- Exposure to SME IPOs, mainboard IPOs, or both.

- Knowledge of the SEBI (SAST) and (PIT) Regulations.