Divyaa Arora
Company Secretary
Kolkata
Summary
Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India with over 14 years of experience in legal and secretarial operations. Expertise in navigating regional regulatory environments and managing compliance with key laws and regulations. Successfully administered foreign direct investment (FDI) processes and handled related RBI formalities. Proven ability to liaise with regulatory authorities and financial institutions, ensuring effective communication and relationship management.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
HSBC Electronic Data Processing
06.2021 - Current
- Providing comprehensive legal and administrative support to the Board of Directors in compliance with various international regulatory laws especially UK Corporate Governance.
- End to End Meeting Conveyance for the company and its subsidiaries.
- Co-ordinate with the Board Members and the auditors (both internal & external) on the risk assessment issues and handling the documentation as required under various laws.
- Provide assistance in Annual Report finalisation and other shareholder governance activities.
- Provide necessary support on secretarial internal audit to the Central team.
- Designing and co ordinating with Board Members on the induction of the Non-Executive Director.
- Solely responsible for maintaining the Delegation of Authority Framework policy in the Board and Senior Management level and provide guidance to the teams as and when required.
- Provide necessary support to the central team on various policy related and legal queries.
- Addressing change requests raised for directors and entities for updating database and file the necessary forms as required under UK Companies House.
- Provide necessary support to the central team on various policy related and legal queries.
- Provide support maintaining necessary diligence on connected transactions and related party.
- Preparation and reviewing the Bi Annual and annual trawl packs for NEDs and Board Members to ensure compliance with Related Party disclosure as per UK Laws and HK Laws.
- Solely responsible for preparation of few monthly reports and reconciliations to ensure diligence and proper governance.
- Assist in co ordinating for obtaining and updating the verification for NEDs.
Senior Business Analyst for Tax & Reg
HSBC Electronic Data Processing
11.2017 - 05.2021
- Requirement gathering & discussion with stakeholders on their expectations on various projects – HK Pension, IRS 871(m), Investor Tax Reporting, GDPR
- Co coordinating with various teams across different geographical dimensions involved in the change
- Chairing calls and driving the conversations independently with various stakeholders and the vendors along with the Preparation of minutes. Updating and maintaining the relevant evidence documents in the repository.
- Drafting and obtaining sign off on the necessary project requirements documents from the stakeholders
- Striking coordination between product and the Development team to ensure developments are inline to the requirements
- Support the testing of the development by coordinating between testers and the IT to ensure the testing passes smoothly
Company Secretary
Eden Real Estates Private Limited, Kolkata
05.2017 - 10.2017
Company Secretary
Ambootia Tea Group
01.2017 - 04.2017
Company Secretary
Eden Real Estates Private Limited, Kolkata
06.2016 - 01.2017
Company Secretary
CD Equifinance Private Limited, Kolkata
12.2010 - 05.2012
Company Secretary
Marsons Limited, Kolkata
09.2010 - 11.2010
Company Secretary
Gee Pee Infotech Private Limited, Kolkata
04.2010 - 08.2010
Education
Post Qualification Diploma Course - Corporate Governance
ICSI
Chartered Accountancy - undefined
ICAI
New DelhiB.Com. (Hons.) - undefined
The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Calcutta University
KolkataSenior Secondary Examinations - undefined
Shri Shikshayatan School
KolkataLLB Course - undefined
Fakir Mohan University
Orissa01.2013
CS - undefined
Institute of Company Secretaries of India
01.2008
Skills
Statutory compliance
Laws and regulations overview
Regulatory adherence
Compliance evaluation
business governance
Event coordination
Analysis strategy and oversight
Meeting minutes preparation
Stakeholder Management
TRAININGS
- Organisation: Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Kolkata
- Position: Management Executive
- Department: Finance and Company Secretarial Department
- Period: Dec'08 – Feb'10
- Role: Assisted CS in all secretarial matters such as:
- Preparation of Agenda, Minutes for the Board Meeting
- Completion of preliminary works related to Board Meetings and Annual General Meeting
- Assisted in share transfer, splitting of shares, issuance of duplicate shares
- Resolving ROC related issues, statutory compliances including maintenance of statutory registers as per the Companies Act and other Relevant Acts and complying with the formalities
- Convening AGM and distributing dividends
- Redressing of shareholder’s grievances.
- Enrolled myself for the following Courses: ICSA course
Timeline
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
HSBC Electronic Data Processing
06.2021 - Current
Senior Business Analyst for Tax & Reg
HSBC Electronic Data Processing
11.2017 - 05.2021
Company Secretary
Eden Real Estates Private Limited, Kolkata
05.2017 - 10.2017
Company Secretary
Ambootia Tea Group
01.2017 - 04.2017
Company Secretary
Eden Real Estates Private Limited, Kolkata
06.2016 - 01.2017
Company Secretary
CD Equifinance Private Limited, Kolkata
12.2010 - 05.2012
Company Secretary
Marsons Limited, Kolkata
09.2010 - 11.2010
Company Secretary
Gee Pee Infotech Private Limited, Kolkata
04.2010 - 08.2010
Post Qualification Diploma Course - Corporate Governance
ICSI
Chartered Accountancy - undefined
ICAI
B.Com. (Hons.) - undefined
The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Calcutta University
Senior Secondary Examinations - undefined
Shri Shikshayatan School
LLB Course - undefined
Fakir Mohan University
CS - undefined
Institute of Company Secretaries of India