Company Secretary

You'll be part of a dynamic Bangalore-based legal team, collaborating with fellow lawyers and support staff to offer legal guidance and assistance to IBM's global corporate secretarial team and business teams. Your responsibilities would include:

Support corporate governance activities across multiple jurisdictions, including board, shareholder, committee, and governance meetings, preparation of minutes and resolutions, and coordination of statutory and regulatory filings.

Maintain corporate records, entity management databases, statutory registers, and governance documentation to ensure ongoing compliance.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including Treasury, Tax, Finance, Real Estate, HR, Compliance, and other business teams, to support governance, entity management, and compliance requirements.
Coordinate with Finance and external auditors on statutory audits, annual compliance obligations, and corporate reporting requirements.

Support the integration, maintenance, and governance of acquired entities, including post-acquisition compliance and entity rationalization activities.
Assist with corporate transactions and special projects, including mergers, reorganizations, entity restructurings, capital changes, business expansions, and regulatory licensing matters.

Conduct legal and governance research and provide support on corporate, regulatory, and compliance-related matters across jurisdictions.

Collaborate with litigation, employment, compliance, and commercial legal teams on strategic projects and other legal initiatives as required.

Drive process improvements, standardization initiatives, and operational excellence within the corporate governance and entity management function.

This role will be in the Legal Center of Excellence (CoE) set up in Bangalore, India. The Legal CoE is dedicated to achieving continuous operational improvement in legal and corporate service delivery across IBM's diverse business areas and geographies.