Senior Consultant - Office of the General Counsel
- Full-time
- Service Line: Internal Client Services: 2024
Company Description
Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Every day, approximately 457,000 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to a single vision: to be the standard of excellence, while working towards one purpose – to make an impact that matters.
Deloitte West Africa is a cluster of Deloitte offices that has joined together to provide seamless cross-border services to our clients in the region and to pass on the benefits of scale and access to resources that this organization can generate. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across these regions: Nigeria and Ghana.
In Ghana, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organisations, specialising in providing Audit, Tax & Regulatory, Business Process Solutions, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, to consumer business and industrial products, telecommunications, energy and resources, manufacturing and the public sector.
Our professionals are unified by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value to markets and clients, commitment to each other, and strength from cultural diversity. They are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities. We understand that our professionals hold interests outside of the work space and we aim to encourage work/life balance, supporting them in all aspects of their lives.
Our talented professionals and our clients understand the link between a strong learning and development programme and the ability for Deloitte to deliver on its promise of consistent, high-quality service delivery worldwide.
Whatever your age, gender or culture, take your career to the next level with the talents and capabilities you will develop at Deloitte.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of quality, risk, regulatory and compliance support activities to ensure a high standard of compliance. Depending on experience possessed by the candidate, he/she will also provide legal support to the team as and when required.
Other responsibilities to be performed by the ideal candidate include the following:
- Review draft, review and negotiate client and vendor contracts.
- Provide legal advice for management of risk.
- Ensure compliance with legislation, professional regulations, policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
- Perform directorships searches of contractors and firm staff and follow up on exceptions.
- Support RIL in engagement acceptance procedures (risk management committee’s approval; background/internet checks/anti-money).
- Support the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and other Managers in RIL in other roles as may be assigned.
Please note that the above list is not exhaustive. The CRO may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree (LL.B., B.L., etc.) in Law
- Applicants must have a keen interest in developing their skills in the Risk and Independence areas of the business.
- A fair understanding of Risk Management and Regulatory requirements for different industries will also be valuable.
Person-Specifications
- Have a minimum of 3-5 years' work experience in Risk, Legal or related areas.
- Be of proven integrity, giving attention to confidentiality requirements
- Possess excellent writing and oral communication/presentation skills.
- Have ability to always maintain a professional outlook.
- Be willing to learn new skills in the broad activities that Risk and Independence now cover.
- Must be analytical and possess effective decision-making skills.
- Must also have the ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize workloads and pay attention to detail.
- Have the ability to follow through on assigned tasks and proactively seek guidance, clarifications and feedback.
- Be prepared to work extra hours from time to time to ensure that all business units have their service requests dealt with promptly.
- Be a good team player, self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
- Proficiency in the use of MS-office tools i.e., Excel, Word and Power-point.
Deloitte Ghana Generic Competencies
- Providing exceptional service.
- Effective communication.
- Developing of talents.
- Growing our firm and its brand.
- Teamwork.
- Positive attitude to work.
Additional Information
What Impact Will You Make?
Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.
How You Will Grow
At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Centre. https://deloitte.zoomforth.com/du
Benefits
At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.
Our Purpose
Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world. https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/impact-that-matters.html
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Applications from all qualified individuals should be sent by 6th September 2024
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