Job Opportunity for Company Secretary / Compliance Officer at GiveIndia

About us

GiveIndia exists to alleviate poverty by enabling the world to give. Established in 2000, it is the largest and the most trusted giving platform in India. It enables individuals and organisations to raise and donate funds conveniently to any cause they care about, with offerings including crowdfunding, corporate giving, cause marketing, and philanthropy consulting. GiveIndia’s community of 2M+ donors and 250+ partners have supported 2,500+ verified nonprofits, serving 15M+ people across the country.

We are an extremely rare workplace that brings a fast-paced, high-growth start-up work culture, together with a compassion-driven high-impact work environment.

Our Values :

integrity in everything we do | empathy towards all | serve with passion | focused on scale

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Handle compliance across geographies (US, UK, India) and across non-profit / for-profit entity structures (charitable trust, section 8 company,  private limited company)
• Maintain compliance calendar that covers MCA, RBI, FCRA and tax compliances in India, relevant state and federal compliances in the US, and Companies House and tax compliances in UK.
• Coordinate with tax and regulatory advisors in India, US and UK as well as with internal teams to ensure that all compliances are done on time
• Liaise with board members, prepare agendas and papers for board meetings, committees, EGMs and annual general meetings (AGMs) and follow up on action points.
• Convene and service all company meetings, take minutes, draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.
• 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 and approved by the committee.
• Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.
• Handle correspondence, collate information, write reports and communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders.
• Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers and auditors.
• 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, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.
• Work with the legal counsel to manage contractual agreements with suppliers and customers.

Requirements

• Company Secretary with 5 years experience
• Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in accountancy and finance, business and management, and the law would be preferred
• prior exposure to FCRA (India), charitable trusts (India), section 8 companies (India) and 501c3 (US) compliances will be a strong positive, but is not a mandatory requirement.
• willingness and self-motivation to learn and stay updated about a constantly changing compliance environment across geographies
• Strong administrative skills and an aptitude for using compliance software.
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
• High level of commercial acumen
• Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure.
• Excellent organization and time management.
• An ability to take initiative and get things done.
• Discretion when handling confidential information
• Confidence to provide support to senior executives and board members.
• Experience with compliance tools would be an added advantage