Legal Officer - Quality, Independence, Risk and Reputation at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Everyday, approximately 286,200 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana.

In Nigeria, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services firms, specializing in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, consumer, telecommunications, media & technology, energy resources & Industrial and government and public services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Officer - Quality, Independence, Risk and Reputation

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The focus of the role will be on commercial legal support with an emphasis on contractual support and contract management. 
• The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of quality, risk, regulatory and compliance support activities to ensure a high standard of compliance.

Responsibilities
Other duties to be performed by the ideal candidate include the following:

• Draft and review of commercial agreements. 
• Management of the firm’s agreements and agreement templates.
• Implementation and support of a Contract Management System.
• Quality and risk mitigation to protect the firm from financial and reputational loss.
•  Compliance with legislation, professional regulations, policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
• Plan, implement and maintain policies and programs to manage the firm’s agreements.
• Transactions advisory and due diligence legal work.
• General legal advice and opinions for risk management.
• Provision of support in engagement acceptance procedures (risk management committee’s approval; background/internet checks/anti-money).
• Support the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in other roles as may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree (LL.B., B.L., etc.) in Law with a minimum of Second Class Lower Division.
• Have a minimum of credit in five WASSCE/GCE/NECO Ordinary Level subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only.
• Minimum of 7 years’ work experience within the relevant function.
• Good commercial legal experience, with an emphasis on the review and drafting of commercial agreements.
• Experience in a legal advisory role will be an added advantage.
• Understanding of Contract Management Systems.
• Experience in transactions advisory and due diligence legal work.
• Proficiency in the use of MS-office tools i.e. Excel, Word and Power-point.
• Possess excellent writing and oral communication/presentation skills.
• Must have the ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize workloads and pay attention to details.
• Be of proven integrity, giving attention to confidentiality requirements.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.