Job Opportunity: Associate Compliance Counsel | Ather Energy (Bengaluru, IBC Knowledge Park)

Ather Energy is hiring an Associate Compliance Counsel to lead organization-wide compliance governance across manufacturing, operations, business, finance, and HR, with a strong emphasis on building a compliance playbook, risk registers, and training for functional champions. This is a Bangalore-based corporate role within the Legal/Compliance team.

Role snapshot

• Title: Associate Compliance Counsel
• Location: Corporate Office, Bengaluru (IBC Knowledge Park)
• Experience: 4+ years relevant post-qualification experience in reputed organizations
• Team: Corporate Legal/Compliance, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders

Key responsibilities

• Compliance governance and monitoring
  • Manage enterprise-wide compliance activities; monitor adherence to laws, regulations, company policies and SOPs; maintain compliance calendars and trackers.
  • Assess function-wise compliance requirements (Manufacturing, Operations, Business, Finance, HR); build, implement, and periodically refresh a company-wide compliance playbook.
• Risk assessment and remediation
  • Lead compliance risk identification, assessment, evaluation, mitigation, and remediation plans; drive accountability with functional compliance champions; conduct periodic reviews/audits.
• Training and awareness
  • Design and deliver compliance training modules; run awareness programs; strengthen culture of compliance across business units.
• Regulatory intelligence and advisory
  • Track legal/regulatory developments; analyze impact and enable timely alignment; provide strategic advice on statutory compliances to senior stakeholders.
• Field enablement and audits
  • Travel across sites to validate on-ground compliance, support audits, and close gaps; ensure documentation rigor and evidence management.
• Documentation and contracts hygiene
  • Support contract drafting/review from a compliance perspective; standardize compliance clauses and representations; maintain audit-ready documentation.

Must-have qualifications

• Law degree from a premier institution with core compliance experience.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in compliance roles; startup/manufacturing exposure preferred for field-readiness.
• Strong Excel skills; hands-on with Compliance Management Tools (CMTs) for registers, workflows, and reporting.
• Familiarity with contract drafting/review, especially for compliance obligations.

Skills and attributes

• Stakeholder influence: Sensitize and follow up with function heads; translate legal requirements into actionable SOPs and checklists.
• Program leadership: Build playbooks, KPIs/KRIs, and MIS; coordinate with compliance champions; report to leadership on status and gaps.
• Communication: Clear written and verbal skills to deliver trainings and guidance; strong ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Agility: Comfortable with rapidly evolving business priorities; proactive, solution-oriented, and hands-on.

What success looks like

• A living compliance playbook and calendar embedded across functions; measurable reduction in compliance incidents and faster remediation cycles.
• Robust evidence trails, timely filings, and strong audit outcomes; clear ownership by functional champions with improved SLA/TAT adherence.
• Consistent, targeted trainings with measurable knowledge retention and improved compliance maturity scores.

How to apply

• Apply via Ather’s active listings on job platforms (LinkedIn/Shine) by searching “Associate Compliance Counsel – Ather Energy,” and submit a tailored CV highlighting:
  • Enterprise compliance programs led (frameworks, registers, audits, certifications),
  • Tools stack (Excel, CMTs), metrics (closure TATs, audit scores), and
  • Training content delivered and impact achieved.

Official Notification: https://careers.atherenergy.com/job/a68665bdad363e

Ather Energy’s listings emphasize a compliance leader who can operationalize governance at scale, balance rigor with business agility, and build a strong compliance culture through technology, training, and cross‑functional ownership.