Legal and Compliance Manager Job at Klasha

Klasha makes it easy for African consumers to shop online. We build technology that allows African consumers to easily access the goods they want on the continent. We enable payments online in local African currencies and can handle the last-mile logistics for our retail partners too. Statistically, Africa is the future, so we believe consumers on the continent should have the same frictionless access to the global e-commerce economy as consumers in the West.

Klasha was founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018 and is backed by Techstars, Ginco Investments and a group of notable angel investors. Klasha is run by 20-somethings from five nationalities that speak six different languages between them. Klasha has offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Legal and Compliance Manager

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• We are seeking to hire an apt and dynamic candidate who will function as the Legal and Compliance Manager and will amongst other things be responsible for the reviewing of all relevant statutory laws and regulations applicable to the organization. 
• The candidate will be responsible for providing legal, analytical, and administrative management to the company, with a heavy focus on managing the company’s litigation portfolio, providing guidance and support to external counsel, administering corporate compliance, responding to regulatory inquiries, assisting with company audits, and review of policies and contracts.
• This position requires the ability to work independently, communicate complex concepts in concise terms, prioritize tasks, and work with various departments efficiently

What Will You Be Doing
Compliance:

• Review of all relevant statutory laws and regulations applicable to the company and ensure compliance
• Ensure that business activities are conducted in conformity with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures
• 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
• 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
• Provide reporting with respect to regulatory requirements and developments
• Develop compliance checklists and prepare compliance reports, as and when due
• Inform the internal audit unit of any findings as regards non-compliance that may require investigation
• 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

Legal:

• Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and shareholders
• Preparation of compliance documentation with relevant constitutive documents for statutory, legal, regulatory purposes
• Liaison with all the subsidiaries within the company’s group, service providers, external legal advisers, and government agencies
• 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.

Requirements
You should apply if you:

•  Have a Bachelor's Degree in Law
•  Have Minimum of 5 years of working experience with at least 3 years compliance experience preferably within the financial services environment 
•  Have technology savviness
• Have an LLM (an advantage)
•  Have high level of determination and tenacity
•  Have good understanding of compliance activities in financial services
•  Have experience in developing and managing compliance monitoring program's
•  Are fully conversant with NAICOM, SEC, NSE, CAC, NFIU, IFRS, and other regulatory directives and guidelines

Key Competencies:

• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Good interpersonal skills, especially in contract negotiations
• Excellent attention to detail
• Articulate, effective communication skills with the ability to communicate internally and externally (lawyers, regulators, auditors) at all levels
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Ability to get things done quickly without sweating the small stuff
• Business savvy and customer-service oriented approach to facilitate achievement of business objectives.