Legal & Compliance Manager at Westfield Consulting Limited

Posted on Thu 09th Jun, 2022 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

Westfield Consulting was founded in January 2012, by a team of Nigerians with over 45 years of cumulative work experience in management and consultancy. Westfield Consulting is a provider of Human Resource and Strategic Management Services. Our focus on innovation and excellence in service delivery has made us a first choice to our growing clientele in various sectors. We have successfully achieved a positive work force attitude, while engineering a more motivated and committed workforce for our clients with notable results Our results provide a testament about the quality of our services. 70% of our business is repeat business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal & Compliance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Compliance:

  • Review of all relevant statutory laws and regulations applicable to the Company and ensure compliance with these
  • Ensure that business activities are conducted in conformity with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures.
  • Ensure that all regulatory permissions remain current and appropriate for business needs.
  • Continual compliance risk assessment of company practices together with the development of internal policies and procedures, compliance training and protocols.
  • Serve as liaison for all regulatory bodies as well as maintaining relationships with relevant legal bodies and trade associations.
  • Keep abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives and advise management accordingly.
  • Liaise with third parties, together with the company’s management, that wish to understand the company’s control environment, compliance policies and procedures.
  • Provide reporting with respect to regulatory requirements and developments
  • Develop compliance checklists and prepare compliance reports, as and when due
  • Ensuring compliance with best practices
  • Participate in Business Process Re-engineering exercises to ensure controls therein
  • Carry out review of SLA Manuals to ensure applicable regulatory laws are incorporated
  • Any other duties as required by the Supervisor

Legal:

  • Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers etc.
  • Preparation of compliance documentation with relevant constitutive documents for statutory, legal, regulatory purposes.
  • Maintenance and review of Legal Agreements
  • Developing and overseeing that the company meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities
  • Negotiation, drafting and implementation of the terms of agreements in all business contracts and agreements.
  • Responsible for providing legal support in controlling customer complaints to mitigate the risk of litigation
  • Review all documentation that has legal implications for the company prior to signing and implementing.

Job Requirements

  • Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification.
  • Minimum of 5 years work experience.

Application Closing Date
9th July, 2022.

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