Corporate Compliance Officer

About Cognite Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging AI and data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge offerings including Cognite Atlas AI, an industrial agent workbench, and the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

Cognite’s Legal team is responsible for providing legal advice to all of the company's business and corporate activities as well as handling the corporate compliance function. We are seeking a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer that will report directly to Cognite’s General Counsel. If you enjoy working in a lean and flexible team with various and challenging tasks, this is the opportunity you are looking for.

How you'll create impact

The role will entail providing global legal assistance related to Cognite’s overall activities with the main focus on:

India & MENA Entity Secretarial: Manage all corporate secretarial requirements (filings, board minutes, registers) for Cognite's India and MENA entities.

Regional Compliance: Ensure adherence to all local regulatory and legal requirements in India and MENA.

Global Legal Support: Provide general legal and compliance assistance to all business departments globally.

Policy & Compliance Safeguard: Implement and enforce internal policies and safeguard compliance with all outside regulatory and legal obligations.

Some of the specific responsibilities will be:

Manage all corporate secretarial obligations for Cognite's India entity, including annual filings, board resolutions, meeting minutes, statutory registers, and government reporting.

Act as the primary point of contact for local regulatory bodies and external corporate services providers in India.

Manage and coordinate all labour and employment law filings, RBI FEMA filings etc. 

Working with legal tech tools to automate the legal department

Assist with the implementation and enforcement of internal company policies, company wide compliance and ethics training

Customer, partner and vendor background checks and compliance due diligence 

Support the India and MENA office and the global legal team with ad-hoc legal tasks

Ad-hoc support of other functions such as finance, corporate development and P&O.

What will you bring

Law degree (India Qualified) and Qualified Company Secretary (under ICSI)

Minimum 3 years experience working as Company Secretary in an Indian Company. 

Minimum 3 years relevant legal experience (in-house legal department, law firm or relevant authorities)

Practical and commercial mindset

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written and fluent in English

Ability to work independently and efficiently, often with tight deadlines, with understanding of the legal in-house role

Positive attitude

Eager to learn and explore new areas of law and processes. 

Nice to have:Experience with GDPR, SOC2, ISO 27001 and EU data protection and privacy regulations

Experience working with compliance and practices in the MENA region is preferred.