Head, Lawful and Complaince at Obsidian Occident Capital Limited in Ikoyi, Lagos
Organization:
- Obsidian Occident Capital Limited
Job Location:
- Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type:
- Full time
Date Posted:
Job Description
Role summary
- We are seeking a skilled legal compliance specialist to join our team.
- The preferred candidate will possess a solid experience in corporate law, deal discussion and legal adherence and will serve as the internal legal consultant for the firm.
- You will play a key role in mitigating lawful risks, making sure adherence with rules and offering strategic lawful direction to various departments and business units within our company.
- You will also be in charge of executing and coordinating every facet of data confidentiality, anti-money laundering and adherence.
Duties Lawful:
- Head the process for acquiring necessary financial permits and registrations for ongoing and future goods, serving as the primary communication link with compliance-related bodies.
- Collaborate with business teams to guarantee financial goods and solutions adhere with suitable rules.
- Prepare, bargain and evaluate all within and outside the organization agreements, agreements and business oversight documents, making sure lawful protections match with business targets.
- Offer counsel and direction on business oversight and legal adherence.
- Advise on all internal lawful matters which includes agreement, job, financial and other lawful matters.
- Advise on all Property lawful matters concerning the firm, carry out title confirmation, registration of land titles, composing and editing of all conveyancing instruments and managing all deal discussions.
- Head lawful responses in cases of compliance-related questions, lawful talks, adherence audits, data breaches, or lawful proceedings (and coordinating connections with external counsel as relevant).
- Preserve the company’s lawful records, documents and databases in an precise and highly structured manner.
- Carry out lawful analysis and evaluation on applicable regulations, rules and precedents to assist organizational operations
- Work alongside internal participants, which includes senior leaders, managers and other departments, to handle lawful concerns and guarantee adherence with legal provisions and rules.
- Recognize wider lawful risks and concerns and formulate plans to reduce risk and settle them.
- Help with corporate financial record, which includes mergers and purchases, joint initiatives and long-term alliances
- Track modifications in legal provisions and rules that may effect the organization's processes and advise on possibility implications.
- Formulate and supply lawful development and education programs for employees on applicable lawful topics.
Qualifications
- Bsc in Law; JD or LLB preferred.
- At least five years of expertise in a lawful role.
- Authorized solicitor with valid Nigerian Bar Affiliation membership.
- Demonstrated expertise as a legal advisor or similar position, ideally in a corporate environment.
- Deep knowledge of corporate law, agreement law, and legal adherence.
- Outstanding lawful analysis and critical thinking.
- Deal discussion and issue resolution abilities.
- Robust expertise in corporate financial record.
- Outstanding critical thinking and the capability to offer sound counsel.
- Outstanding capability to speak and compose English.
- Competence in macOS Keynote, Numbers, and Pages - a plus.
- Skilled in MS Excel & Word.
- Hardworking and detail-oriented, with outstanding meticulousness.
- Expertise operating with authorities, acquiring financial permits, and advising on adherence matters.
- Business oversight expertise.
- Understanding with financial solutions legal provisions and rules.
- Capable to synthesise and convey sophisticated lawful notions to non-lawful participants transparently and succinctly.
- Result-oriented, capable to supply on time, under pressure.
- Flexible and resilient, capable to transaction with ambiguity and adjustment, eager to develop and grow in the position.
- Capable to manage private matters with absolute discretion.
- Capable to operate in a dynamic, team with minimal oversight.
- Initiative-driven, with good strategic judgment capacity.
- 1 - 2 years Financial Solutions industry expertise a plus.
- Must be mature and dependable.
Adherence:
- Head the development, execution and servicing & maintenance of the firm’s adherence programme, making sure adherence with supporting rules relevant us.
- Prepare, evaluate, preserve and ensure the execution of all adherence and risk associated rules and standardized processes, which includes but not limited to capacity-building plans, confidentiality management, service issues management and document-keeping qualifications.
- Organize and send compliance-related filings and documentation to applicable governing bodies as necessary.
- Comprehend and analyze applicable regulations, rules and organizational guidelines.
- Recognize and minimize lawful, compliance-related and business risks linked to our business, making sure the organization sustains a robust adherence posture.
- Establish and supervise anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-client (KYC) frameworks, making sure adherence with governance policies and standardized best practices.
- Carry out consistent adherence audits and risk evaluations and evaluation to recognize promise risks across all business processes.
- Explore, keep documentation of and settle adherence concerns and incidents.
- Formulate, test and preserve system issue and crisis management strategies to productively address and oversee possible threat events.
- Formulate and supply adherence and risk development and education programs for employees on applicable topics.
- Offer informed opinion to the executive guidance team on adherence and risk matters.
- Act as the communication link with compliance-related bodies, external auditors, bank associates and government authorities. Keep management informed about compliance-related modifications.
Application Due Date
- Tuesday 26th Aug, 2025
Steps To Apply
Suitable applicants should send their applications to: hrpartners.recruitments@gmail.com using "Head, Lawful and Complaince" as the Subject of the mail.