Senior Counsel- Secretarial

Senior Counsel Secretarial

Siemens Energy India Limited has a comprehensive portfolio of products, solutions, and services designed to strengthen and expand grid infrastructure, addressing the growing demand while ensuring grid stability amid the integration of renewable energy sources, supported by Project Management hubs. Our offerings are engineered to enhance the reliability, durability, and efficiency of power networks, enabling resilient and sustainable operations. Our product portfolio covers Power Transmission, Power Generation and Industries.

Siemens Energy India Limited aims to be a pure play energy company along the energy technology and service value chain with a comprehensive and differentiated product portfolio of solutions and services. Further, we aim to be one of the valued energy technology companies supporting its customers in transitioning to a more sustainable world through sustainable energy systems.

This position in Siemens Energy India Limited is responsible for providing Secretarial Support to the Siemens Energy business.

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In your primary role, you will be responsible for the following:

• You will ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory compliances under corporate laws e.g. Companies Act, various SEBI Regulations (including but not limited to Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements, Prohibition of Insider Trading, Takeover code, FEMA etc.)
• You should have a sound knowledge of Directors, Committees & Shareholders Meetings – including drafting of notices, agenda and minutes and should also be familiar in handling tools / automation in the secretarial arena – e.g. board portal, legal compliances, secretarial matters and insider trading.
• You should have experience in handling M&A matters, special projects, carveouts etc., cross border compliances with respect to permanent establishments, RBI compliances such as filing of form FCGPR, FCTRS, FLA etc.
• You should have a sound knowledge of Related Party Transactions and provide secretarial support and advice to business and various functions.
• You will be required to co-ordinate with various functions and business to prepare the Annual Report which will also include drafting of relevant modules and regulatory assessment regarding its accuracy and completeness.
• You will have to review Secretarial Compliances, formulation of checklists for various secretarial activities and ensure adherence thereto.
• You will have to prepare and maintain various statutory registers required to be maintained by the Company and also the documents related to Directors such as Disclosures from Directors, updation of KYC and providing any other support to the Directors.
• You will have to ensure Secretarial compliances emanating from Company’s investment in subsidiary / associates, if any.
• You will have to deal with the Auditors in completing Corporate Governance Audit, Secretarial Audit and Secretarial Compliance Report related formalities.
• You should be a master in resolving shareholders’ queries, IEPF/Unclaimed Suspense Account etc. related compliances, co-ordination with Registrar and Share Transfer Agents lawyers and regulatory authorities.
• You should have a sound knowledge of filings with Registrar of Companies and ensure timely filing of forms with ROC.
• Any other secretarial support/ compliances as may be required from time to time.

Additionally, your role would also from time to time include the following:

• You will have to provide trainings to the employees on Insider Trading Regulations and Disclosure of Material Events.
• You should be research oriented and update the Secretarial Team on various amendments in the Corporate Laws and SEBI Regulations from time to time.
• You will guide the business and project teams on secretarial matters to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• You will have to provide timely secretarial support to various departments and meet the business/functional expectations.

We don’t need superheroes, just super minds with a winning attitude!

Desired Qualifications & Traits

• You are a Company Secretary (Member of ICSI) having sound knowledge of Companies Act, Securities Laws, Listing Regulations, Foreign Exchange Laws, Stamp Act etc. with at least 5 to 10 years (post membership qualification) experience of working with cross-functional and cross-business teams preferably in a large equity listed company having a set of group companies. Additional qualification – Law graduate (LL.B.) will be an added advantage.
• You will be our preferred candidate if you have good (spoken and written) communication skills, drafting and presentation skills as well as a problem-solving and solution-oriented approach with a dedicated, result oriented, team player attitude. You should have a professional, structured and organized approach to your work and an ability to handle critical topics in strict timeframes. You should have a growth mindset with an interest and aptitude for knowledge sharing with legal, compliance, company secretarial and business colleagues across the organisation.

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This role is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. You may get to visit other locations in India and beyond, so you’ll need to go where this journey takes you.

Last but not the least, we're dedicated to equality and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us craft tomorrow.