Deputy Manager Legal

Job Descriptions

1. Compliance Manager – Labour Laws, Store & Operational Statutory Compliance (Pan-India Retail)
2. Location: Vios Tower, (Lodha Excelus), 28th Floor, Commercial Building, Sewri Chembur Road, New Cuff Parade, Wadala, Mumbai 400 037.
3. Department: Legal
4. Coverage: Pan-India retail stores, warehouses, corporate offices, guest houses, design studios and project/fit-out sites.
5. Role Purpose

To ensure end-to-end compliance with labour laws, statutory licences, property and operational regulatory requirements across all business locations in India, maintaining a zero-tolerance approach toward non-compliance and preventing penalties, prosecutions, labour disruption, utility disconnection or business interruption.

6. Key Responsibilities
   1. Ensure statutory compliance for employees and contract workforce covering PF, ESI, wages, bonus, gratuity, working hours, statutory registers and principal employer obligations, including implementation of the Wage Code and new labour statutes.
   2. Manage union relations, Mathadi/manual worker and head-loader compliances, preventing operational disruption.
   3. Ensure validity of Shops & Establishment, municipal trade/health licences, professional tax, fire approvals, signage permissions, weighing scale verification, eating-house permissions and other local licences.
   4. Oversee compliance for owned/leased properties, including property tax, electricity load and billing, fire and life-safety systems, building safety, lift/electrical certifications and civic requirements.
   5. Act as SPOC for statutory inspections, notices, authority proceedings and labour court matters, coordinating with consultants, advocates and regulators and maintaining a central litigation tracker.
   6. Conduct and handle internal / external compliance audits, risk identification, loophole closure, corrective actions and statutory training, enforcing strict governance against non-compliance.
   7. Prepare pan-India MIS dashboards on licences, labour compliance, utilities, inspections, litigation and risks for leadership review.
   8. Work closely with Mumbai-based compliance team and manage external consultants and legal counsel.
7. Experience & Qualifications
   1. Graduate in any discipline; LLB / Labour Laws.
   2. 10+ years’ experience in multi-state retail, logistics, facility management or similar workforce-intensive environment.
   3. Strong hands-on exposure to labour law implementation, wage code transition, statutory licences, inspections, unions, litigation, utilities and compliance audits.
8. Key Skills
   1. Deep knowledge of Indian labour laws, wage code framework, retail statutory and property compliances
   2. Ability to interpret new statutes and drive organisation-wide implementation
   3. Strong inspection handling, regulatory liaison and litigation coordination
   4. Expertise in risk identification, loophole closure and compliance governance
   5. Leadership, negotiation, documentation and MIS reporting capability
   6. High integrity and non-tolerance mindset toward statutory non-compliance
   7. Reliable real-time compliance reporting enabling secure business operations.

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