Legal Counsel I

Company Description

Swiggy is India’s leading on-demand delivery platform with a tech-first approach to logistics and a solution-first approach to consumer demands. With a presence in 500+ cities across India, partnerships with hundreds of thousands of restaurants, an employee base of over 5000, a 2 lakh+ strong independent fleet of Delivery Executives, we deliver unparalleled convenience driven by continuous innovation. Built on the back of robust ML technology and fueled by terabytes of data processed every day, Swiggy offers a fast, seamless and reliable delivery experience for millions of customers across India.

Job Description

About Swiggy Instamart

Swiggy Instamart, is building the convenience grocery segment in India. We offer more than 30000+ products to our customers within 10-15 mins. We are committed to delivering unparalleled convenience by making grocery shopping instant and delightful. Instamart operates across 100+ cities in India and continues to expand rapidly, redefining how India shops. 

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate acquisition of compliance certificates, licenses and registrations as may be required for the operations of business; 

• Audit and implement compliance policies; 

• Support legal and business stakeholders on a variety of compliance issues and transactions, including, potential conflicts of interest, high-risk payments, appropriate segregation of duties, and audit and report compliance with the statutory compliance matters; 

• Organize and deliver compliance training and communications in integrity and compliance culture; 

• Be a key contributor to developing and implementing new compliance policies; 

• Strong interfacing with internal auditors to address significant matters.

• Tracking and monitoring compliance for various projects and assignments

• Tracking notices and preparing responses

• Travel for work and liaison with regulatory authorities as and when required

• Filings and record keeping activities

• Preparing periodical MIS compliance reports for management

• Proactive and prompt response on assignments.

Qualifications

Desired Skills: 

• Proven work experience post LLB in compliance function, including audit, risk assessment, and mitigation; 

• Suitable maturity, judgment, and expertise when addressing compliance-related issues and dealing with both internal and external clients; 

• Multi tasking and willingness to work in fast faced work environment

• Self motivated and attention to details

• Ability to work across diverse and cross-functional teams; 

• Well conversant with applicable laws with special emphasis on understanding food laws, food industry laws, legal metrology and any such laws relevant to the operations including logistics, and e-commerce related laws and compliance, internet and technology-related laws, and laws regarding software as a service. 

• Professional Qualifications: A bachelor of Laws is a must; added diplomas in compliance-related courses would be an added bonus. 

Additional Information

Visit our tech blogs to learn more about some the challenges we deal with: https://medium.com/swiggy-bytes

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.