Legal & Chief Compliance Officer

Job Description

Job Title – Legal & Chief Compliance Officer
Job Type – Full Time
Location – VI, Lagos
Industry – Insurance

Responsibilities:
– Manage, review and draft skeletal statement of defense, statement of claim, affidavit and counter affidavit for dispute resolution.
– Represent the company during Negotiations and Mediation
-Represent the company in Arbitration proceedings subject to approval
-Advise on legal issues bothering on Insurance, banking and finance, crime, employment, tax, land and property, Intellectual Property, Public Law amongst others.
-Draft and Review Service Level Agreements, Financial Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Employment contracts, Terms of settlement, Deed of Legal Mortgage, Tripartite Agreements amongst others.
-Maintain the register and records of meetings
-Develop an AML/CFTCPF compliance program and any other duty that might be imposed by the institution and pertaining to AML/CFT/CPF
-Receive and vet suspicious transaction reports from staff
-File STRs reports with the NFIU
-File other regulatory returns with NAICOM and other relevant authorities
-Render NIL reports to NAICOM and NFIU when necessary to ensure compliance
-Ensure that the insurance institution’s compliance program is implemented
-Coordinate the training of staff in AML/CFT/CPF awareness, detection methods and reporting requirements.
-Serve both as a liaison officer between the company, NAICOM and NFIU and a point of contact for all employees on issues relating to money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation finance

Requirements:
-LLB AND BL (Required)
-LLM (added advantage)
-Minimum of five (5) years Post Qualification Experience working In-House in a Financial Service Company; and/or Minimum of five (5)years Post Qualification experience working in Private Practice with a Top Corporate/Commercial Law Firm.
-Knowledge of Insurance Act and all subsidiary regulations, Investment and Securities Act Companies and Allied matters Act and Subsidiary legislations BOFIA, Litigation and Arbitration Proceeding