Corporate Services Manager at Design Union Limited

Design Union is involved in various sectors including infrastructure, real estate, educational institutions, corporate buildings spaces, oil and gas as well as residential.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Corporate Services Manager

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• Provide prompt and relevant advisory services to management on legal and compliance matters including advice on new developments in the legal environment which may affect the company's interests, operations and conduct
• Ensure compliance with statutory and legal requirements including maintenance / update of  all statutory books and registers and prompt filing of statutory returns as well as support the Company Secretary for Board and Committee meetings
• Ensure contracts are in place for all business relationships and negotiate, draft and review all contracts / complex commercial agreements, evaluating business risks and make recommendations to management on how to prevent / mitigate such risks and develop a Contracts database for the company
• Ensure all invoices to Clients / Customers for real estate transactions (Sale of Apartments, rental of apartments, space rental, leases, Service Charge, VAT,  etc) are prepared and submitted to clients promptly and that all Receivables are legally enforceable for all transactions
• Vigorously pursue collection of debts (including VAT) to promote a culture of higher performance across the organization
• Establish and maintain an organized filing system for the proper filing and easy retrieval of all legal documents - title documents, agreements, certificates, letters etc
• Manage relationships with the company's external solicitors and provide oversight for all outsourced legal and secretarial services , oversee and advance the company's position in negotiated settlements with external parties and follow up on-going litigations
• Provide legal support and promote Corporate ethics and compliance and train all employees on the company's policies and processes in this regard
• Provide oversight on ensuring prompt settlement of rents, rates and land charges as well as government revenue demands such as property tenement rates, ground rents, business premises permits etc
• Safeguard the Company's records by ensuring centralised filing and effective archive management.
• Handle immigration and expatriate issues with regulatory  agencies.

Requisite Qualifications / Experience

• LLB Degree (1st Class or 2nd Class) in Law plus LLM Degree in law
• Member , Nigerian Bar Association
• Accreditation by the Corporate Affairs Commission
• Minimum of 10 years experience in similar position.

Required Skills / Attributes:

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good team player.
• Good interpersonal and people management skills.
• Excellent Negotiating skills
• Proficiency in the use of Enterprise Wide software.

Application Closing Date
20th September, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.