Vice President, Legal And Compliance At Oasis Africa Consulting

Summary

• Our Client is presently in need of an experienced and energetic VP (preferably female) to oversee its legal and compliance group.

Job Description

• The successful candidate will provide strategic legal guidance, ensure company complies with laws, regulations, policies and manages legal risks and opportunities across the organization.
• To oversee the legal affairs of all the entities in the Group. Provide direction to the Board and senior management team on legal and compliance matters.
• Ensure that the Companies within the Group operate in line with all financial, legal and corporate governance standards.
• Overseeing the legal affairs of the entities within the Group; and developing corporate legal strategy to promote and protect their interests.
• Responsible for daily transaction processing as it relates to the preparation and review of contracts, letters, and other legal documentation as may be requested by the Companies.
• Providing necessary direction on legal and governance matters to the Boards of Directors, MD/CEO, and other senior management team.
• Advising on intra-group matters and structuring transactions.
• Legal Advisory: Provide legal advice and support to various business units on a range of legal matters, including corporate governance, commercial contracts, intellectual property, employment law, and regulatory compliance.
• Attend meetings and negotiate contracts with third parties or the company's team members. Executes/implements best practices for the Group companies on assigned transactions.
• Drafting and Reviewing Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of legal documents, including contracts, agreements, NDAs, and other corporate documents to ensure the company's interests are protected.
• Managing the work of external law firms/solicitors to ensure that pending disputes in court(s)are efficiently progressing at a reasonable cost.
• Manage the services of external company secretaries and deal with other corporate secretarial matters of the group companies.
• Planning and directing policies, and practices to ensure that the activities of all the companies in the Group are in compliance with regulatory or other requirements.
• Liaise with other functional/departmental managers to understand their compliance needs, and to ensure they are fully compliant with necessary regulatory and internal requirements.
• Create and oversee the implementation of effective compliance management strategies
• Develop an internal framework for maintaining compliance across all departments
• Monitor the implementation of new compliance protocols by Heads of Units and make sure they meet all relevant legal requirements.
• Review compliance reports regularly, identify potential compliance breaches and safety risks, and provide advice to Heads of Units in implementing effective solutions
• File and archive legal documents and correspondence.
• Coordinate the maintenance and updating of the database and archives maintained by the legal department.
• Manage and develop direct reporting staff.
• Establishing and maintaining good working relationships and collaborative arrangements with stakeholders including community groups and regulatory bodies to help achieve the goals of the companies in the Group.
• Manage and control your departmental expenditures within agreed budgets.
• Contribute to the evaluation and development of operational strategy and performance in cooperation with the executive and senior management team.
• Provide clear leadership, and promote and foster a team culture consistent with the organizational values.
• Supports Head HR to review staff policies
• Effectively ensures the organizational culture is promoted and maintained.
• Team Leadership
• Build and lead a high-performing legal & Compliance team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Managing and developing Senior Accountant and Accountant, setting SMART objectives that are aligned to the Group Finance Team and individual development plan.
• Overall ownership and responsibility for the company's cash management, with a hands-on approach to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B.) and Call to Bar Certificate from the Nigerian Law school.
• At least twelve (12) years of post-call legal/Compliance experience with Corporate / Commercial law experience
• Experience working in an oil and gas sector(downstream) will be considered an advantage for this role
• Superior knowledge of industry regulations and corporate procedures for maintaining compliance
• Masters is an added advantage.
• Experience of: Strong understanding of corporate and commercial law, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in using legal research tools Knowledge of:
• Extensive Knowledge of Nigerian Laws.
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax law and other related statutory laws.
• Strong understanding of corporate and commercial law, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
• Understanding and knowledge of the requirement for confidentiality
• Excellent project management and leadership skills
• Strong organizational skills.
• Reporting Skills, Attention to Detail, Deadline-Oriented, Reporting Research Results, Rules, Confidentiality, Time Management.

Proven abilities to:

• Communicate sensitively and effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of people.
• Demonstrate respect, openness and genuineness in developing working relationships with others and contribute to positive working relationships in a team and stakeholders.
• Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills.
• Excellent coaching and relationship building skills. Good communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions.
• Work without direct supervision
• Key Performance Indicators/Performance Goals:
• Performance shall be determined by reference to Employee's attainment of the targets to be set by the Board/Executive Management, including but not limited to the following key performance indicators:
• Numbers of contracts reviewed
• Sound drafting and review of all legal documents
• Zero missed renewal of contracts
• Zero non-performance of contractual obligations
• Reduced turnaround time for legal drafting
• Complete and proper execution of all transaction contracts.
• Reduction of Legal Spend
• Centralized document extraction and management system
• Streamline contract identification process
• Actively manage pending litigation
• Zero litigation arising from contracts
• Prompt completion of registration of/with counterparties
• Zero regulatory non-compliance issue(s)
• Reduced timeline for performance and completion of all company secretarial functions
• Compliance with annual CAMA requirements
• Maintaining accurate up to date corporate records
• Service Level to the Businesses
• Customer Satisfaction (zero complaints)
• Leadership and Management
• Monitoring all units on adequate and prompt processing of statutory compliance documents
• This list of tasks is not exhaustive and will be reviewed from time to time in discussion with the post holder

Special Conditions:

• Ability to undertake occasional travel.

Remuneration

Competitive.