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today I will be talking to you about Job role of a Company Secretary
A company secretary is the one who takes care of all legal obligations of the company. The
main duties of a company secretary includes calling meetings, keeping book records, managing
interest and dividend payment, executing agreements and other legal formalities. Do not confuse
the position of personal secretary with company secretary. Those who have a degree in CS can
only apply for company secretary. Personal secretary is the one who assists any executive
or manager in their daily activities.
lets discuss about the basic requirements of the Job
Freshers are sought for trainee or entry level position and for managerial or senior positions
Candidates with more than five years experience are usually sought by major companies. The
candidate can have any undergraduate degree and should have completed company secretaryship
course (CS). Candidates with doctorates are not usually sought for this position. The
requirements of the companies vary from each other. Some companies might seek CS candidates
with banking background or any finance background too. The candidates with experience in dealing
with financial regulatory bodies, stock market regulatory bodies and others are usually sought.
Candidates with commerce and banking related educational background are usually sought
by certain companies. they are different requirements such as Knowledge about company law, investment
law and other regulations Knowledge in dealing with shareholder’s
complaints Knowledge in drafting contracts and agreements
Knowledge in dealing with legal activities like court hearings and others
Apart from these, the candidates should have some basic skills like
Good communication skill ( both English and the local language)
People’s skill ( CS has to communicate with the shareholders and other regulatory
bodies) Basic computer skills
Knowledge in handling accounting software packages
Up to date information about tax and company law of India
lets discuss the Job requirements for the same The job is completely related to handling
the legal affairs of the company. The candidate would be required to undertake a lot of different
functions starting from operational activities like drafting minutes, writing reports and
others to managerial activities like creating minutes of the meeting and so on. Apart from
these, a company secretary should handle the stock market related affairs starting from
regulations to shareholder’s complaints.
there is a lot of scope for freshers in this particular Job role
Are you someone who has completed CS? You can join any company as a company secretary.
Almost all the major companies need candidates with CS to deal with their broking, legal
obligations and related fields. Thus, the demand for this position is very high. You
would be hired for performing operational duties like record keeping, filing returns,
registering with regulatory bodies, assisting the company secretary in drafting agreements
and so on. Candidates with an under-graduate degree in banking, broking or finance are
usually sought. It is true that the initial pay for such a
position would be very low. But, if you are able to stick to a job and gain experience,
you would be sought by many companies for top positions for six digit annual salary.
Remember that the number of CS candidates looking for a job is also high. Thus, you
need to make sure that you get up-to-date information about vacancies in market through
reputed portals.
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