Corporate Compliance Specialist

About the Role

CoverPin is an AI-powered compliance platform that streamlines and automates back-office operations for modern organizations. This is a full-time remote role for a Corporate Secretary / Corporate Compliance Specialist with responsibility for managing corporate secretarial, statutory, and regulatory compliance for entities across India, the broader Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), using CoverPin’s platform and related systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with applicable corporate laws and regulatory requirements, particularly India’s Companies Act, 2013, and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) regulations, as well as corporate governance and statutory filing requirements in other APAC jurisdictions.
• Preparing and submitting statutory filings with relevant regulatory authorities, including India’s Registrar of Companies (ROC), Singapore’s ACRA, Hong Kong’s Companies Registry, and other applicable government agencies.
• Monitoring statutory deadlines, interpreting regulatory requirements, and identifying compliance risks.
• Coordinating with clients, directors, auditors, legal advisors, and government authorities to ensure timely and accurate filings.
• Leveraging CoverPin’s technology to manage compliance workflows, maintain accurate entity records, track regulatory changes, and streamline corporate secretarial processes.
• Supporting corporate transactions.
• Conducting compliance reviews.
• Resolving regulatory issues.
• Continuously improving internal compliance procedures and best practices.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Mandatory India Corporate Secretarial Filing Experience: Hands-on experience independently preparing and submitting Indian corporate secretarial filings through the MCA21 portal, including ROC annual filings (AOC-4, MGT-7/MGT-7A), director appointments and resignations (DIR-12), share allotments (PAS-3), and other statutory filings required under the Companies Act, 2013.
• Practical knowledge of filing procedures, documentation requirements, and regulatory deadlines is essential.
• Strong knowledge of corporate secretarial practices, statutory filings, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, particularly in India, with familiarity across APAC and MENA jurisdictions.
• Solid understanding of India’s Companies Act, 2013, MCA/ROC filing requirements, and corporate governance obligations.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other regional markets is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience managing board resolutions, meeting minutes, statutory registers, annual filings, director appointments and resignations, share allotments, beneficial ownership reporting, and entity incorporations.
• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements, assess compliance risks, monitor statutory deadlines, and coordinate corporate secretarial activities across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with clients, directors, legal teams, auditors, government authorities, and external service providers.
• Experience using compliance management software, entity management platforms, or AI-powered tools is advantageous.
• Ability to identify opportunities for automation and improve compliance workflows.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to independently manage multiple entities, regulatory deadlines, and competing priorities in a remote working environment.

Qualifications

• A qualified Company Secretary (CS) from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is preferred.
• Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in law, business, finance, or a related field, combined with relevant corporate secretarial experience, will be considered.
• Prior experience supporting multinational organizations or managing corporate compliance across India, APAC, and MENA is a strong advantage.