Secretarial Associate

Secretarial Associate - Abhijith Preman & Co. LLP (APCALLP)

Location: Kochi or Bengaluru (your choice)

Qualification: CS Inter qualified, articleship/training completed

Compensation: As per industry standards

About us

APCALLP is a Chartered Accountancy and transaction advisory firm with offices in Bengaluru, Kochi and Calicut. We work with growth-stage startups, SMEs and investors on fundraising, M&A, cross-border structuring and compliance.

What you will do

• Handle secretarial compliance for a portfolio of clients: board and general meetings, minutes, resolutions, statutory registers and ROC filings under the Companies Act, 2013 and LLP Act, 2008
• Coordinate directly with clients: collect data, chase pending items, explain what is needed and why, and keep timelines on track
• Work closely with the Secretarial Team Leads on planning, execution and review of engagements, and take ownership of deliverables end to end
• Draft and vet documents: notices, agendas, resolutions, share certificates, share transfer forms, charge documents and related filings
• Maintain compliance trackers and flag risks or delays early

Beyond routine ROC work, you will get exposure to:

• Fundraising compliance, end to end - private placement, preferential allotment, PAS-3 and PAS-4, valuation coordination, SH-4 and SH-7, FC-GPR and FC-TRS filings under FEMA, and post-closing compliance
• Transaction advisory - capital restructuring, ESOP schemes, share buybacks, conversions (Pvt Ltd to LLP and vice versa) and investor rights documentation
• Mergers and acquisitions - scheme of arrangement filings, NCLT process support, share swaps and post-merger compliance
• Due diligence - secretarial and legal DD for buy-side and sell-side deals, data room review, red-flag reporting and compliance rectification

Who we are looking for

• Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013, LLP Act and MCA portal (V2 and V3)
• Clear written and spoken English; comfortable speaking to founders and investors
• Organised, deadline-driven and able to manage multiple clients at once
• Willing to learn FEMA, SEBI and transaction work from the ground up
• Fresh CS Inter candidates with completed articleship are welcome; prior experience in a CS or CA firm is a plus

Why APCALLP

• Deal exposure that most secretarial roles do not offer
• Direct mentoring from Team Leads and partners
• Small team, so your work is visible and your growth is fast

Apply: Send your resume to [HIDDEN TEXT] with the subject line Secretarial Associate - [Kochi/Bengaluru].