Corporate Governance Specialist

Summary

Join Oyster's Corporate Governance team as a high-performing specialist based in India. You will assist in managing the demands of a growing global HR/tech company, working with legal teams and external partners on corporate governance tasks. Responsibilities include entity creation and management, database maintenance, coordinating filings and documentation, and handling administrative tasks. Prior experience in risk, compliance, or governance is required, along with strong communication and organizational skills. The role offers a fully distributed work environment, paid time off, mental health support, a wellbeing allowance, flexible parental leave, and a WFH stipend. Oyster is committed to creating a more equal world and welcomes applications from individuals who may not meet all criteria.

Requirements

• Prior experience in risk, compliance, or governance role is required
• Organized and detail-oriented, with excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-output environment
• Proactive and uses independent judgment
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company
• Demonstrates the ability to adapt to unforeseen challenges while maintaining high-quality output
• Displays a customer-centric mindset, ensuring internal stakeholders’ needs are met with urgency and professionalism
• Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins
• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English language skills

Responsibilities

• Assisting outside vendor with corporate entity creation and management tasks
• Working with various external and internal teams to maintain corporate governance-related databases and information and contribute to the organization’s single source of truth by ensuring accurate documentation
• Coordinating filings and documentation related to company secretarial services, directorship and registered address
• Coordinating contract and document signatures using company’s preferred electronic signature software
• Performing various administrative tasks (scheduling, meeting management, etc.)
• Assisting with legal escalations including responding to inquiries from internal business stakeholders regarding our corporate subsidiaries
• Working cross-functionally to fulfill Oyster's Mission and Vision
• Build and maintain strong relationships within the Legal department and with cross-functional departments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with remote work
• Prior experience in a corporate legal department or entity management group, a plus
• Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets)
• Experience with Entity Management software preferred (e.g., Klea, or the like)
• Familiarity with a client relationship management system (such as Zendesk, Salesforce, ServiceNow) a plus
• Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign, DocuSign)
• Working in Notion and Asana very helpful

Benefits

• Paid time off: We’re all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vacation/holiday leave (unless your country mandates more)
• Mental health support: We offer access to Plumm , a mental well-being service, to support your mental health
• Wellbeing allowance: Each month, Oyster will top up your ThanksBen wallet with a wellbeing allowance. You can get pretty much anything that your heart desires! ThanksBen offers a wide array of options for spending your wellbeing allowance
• Flexible parental leave: Families are created in lots of different ways. Our parental leave policy applies to all employees who are becoming parents, regardless of how they become a parent. Oysters are eligible for a minimum of three months of paid parental leave and your job will be held for 12 months (or longer if required by local jurisdiction)
• WFH stipend: Stipend to spend on your laptop and any other equipment you need for your home office; we'll get you up and running in no time!
• Work from anywhere: Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you're authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster