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.

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• 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.

• 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.

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• Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
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• Hybrid work environment globally

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