Senior Manager-Secretarial & Legal Compliance

Startup Movers Private Limited · India

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Startup Movers is a founder-first professional services and advisory platform working with startups, funded companies, investors, and high-growth businesses across India.

We support businesses across the complete lifecycle — from pre-incorporation structuring and incorporation to fundraising, governance, scaling and IPO readiness.

We are looking for a Qualified Company Secretary to lead our Secretarial & Legal Compliance function and play a key role in building a high-quality, scalable corporate compliance and advisory practice.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the startup ecosystem and gain exposure across the entire journey of a business:

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The role combines technical advisory, team leadership, client management, transaction execution, quality control, and process building.

 • Lead and manage a 25+ member pan-India Secretarial & Legal Compliance team, with direct oversight of the Delhi NCR function

 • Own end-to-end client delivery, quality, timelines, escalations and customer experience

 • Act as a senior technical advisor on:

 • Companies Act, 2013 and Secretarial Standards

 • Corporate governance and regulatory compliance

 • FEMA, FDI and ODI matters

 • Fundraising and transaction-related compliances

 • ESOPs, CCPS, CCDs and cap-table matters

 • Private placements, rights issues and preferential allotments

 • Due diligence and corporate restructuring

 • Board and shareholder matters

 • Trademark and allied legal/regulatory matters

 • IPO readiness and pre-listing compliance support

 • Lead fundraising and corporate transactions, including private placements, debt issuances and associated regulatory filings

 • Serve as a senior point of contact for founders, CFOs, investors and leadership teams

 • Liaise with auditors, legal counsel, consultants and regulatory authorities

 • Monitor regulatory changes and proactively advise clients on compliance risks and mitigation

 • Build and strengthen SOPs, maker-checker mechanisms, review frameworks and quality controls

 • Drive team training, capability development and performance management

 • Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardisation, automation and scalable delivery

 • Qualified Company Secretary with valid ICSI membership

 • Minimum 5–6 years of relevant experience

 • Prior experience in a consultancy firm, PCS firm, law firm or professional services environment preferred

 • Strong practical knowledge of Companies Act, FEMA and corporate governance

 • Hands-on exposure to fundraising, startup transactions and regulatory filings

 • Experience leading teams and managing multiple client engagements

 • Strong client-facing, stakeholder-management and communication skills

 • Analytical, solution-oriented and comfortable handling complex regulatory matters

 • Familiarity with the startup ecosystem and fast-changing regulatory environment

 • Proficiency with MS Office and corporate compliance/governance tools

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Technical Depth | Leadership | Client Ownership | Transaction Exposure | Problem Solving | Quality Focus | Startup Mindset

The ideal candidate should be equally comfortable reviewing a complex fundraising transaction, advising a founder on a regulatory issue, managing a critical client escalation, and developing a high-performing team.

 • Work closely with high-growth startups, founders, investors, and emerging businesses

 • Gain exposure across the complete startup lifecycle — from incorporation to IPO

 • Work on diverse and high-impact corporate transactions

 • Build leadership experience while managing a large pan-India team

 • Strong growth trajectory within a rapidly expanding professional-services platform

 • Collaborative, high-performance, and ownership-driven work culture

 • Competitive compensation with performance-linked growth opportunities

: Delhi NCR

: Minimum 5–6 years

: Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI Membership)

Startup Ecosystem | Corporate Law | Fundraising | FEMA | FDI | ODI | ESOP | Due Diligence | Governance | IPO Readiness | Team Leadership | Client Advisory