Company Secretary Intern

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 42 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people are critical to our success.  Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic.  Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives, and needs is an important part of our culture.

Department Profile

Legal and Compliance Department Center of Excellence (“LCDCOE”) is an extended arm of different global Legal and Compliance (LCD) teams.  Similarly, Company Secretarial (CoSec) team at the LCDCOE is embedded within the global LCD.  The CoSec team at the LCDCOE will support global CoSec teams on various company secretarial tasks offshored to LCDCOE.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assisting in corporate secretarial function for Morgan Stanley group entities in India engaged in financial services.
• Assisting in ensuring a high standard of corporate governance, conducting board and committee meetings, post and pre-meeting documentation, ensuring necessary filing, monitoring compliances, record-keeping, provide relevant corporate secretarial support under various jurisdictions.
• Assisting in maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries for the group entities.
• Assisting in drafting minutes, drafting resolutions, lodging required forms, and annual returns with company registries for the group entities.
• Assisting in organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees, and shareholder meetings.
• Adhoc activities under the Companies Act, 2013 like a merger, capital infusion, buy-back, conversion of shares, etc.
• Maintaining corporate records on entity management platforms such as Blueprint OneWorld.
• Assist with legal entity data provision, operational risk mapping, and capabilities assessment exercises for Resolution and Recovery plan.
• Make recommendations on process improvements.

 QUALIFICATIONS

Skills required (Essential)

• Completed Company Secretarial course.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and technical capabilities are essential.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).