Our client is a Fintech company

Key Responsibilities

• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all applicable statutory or regulatory requirements
• Provide sound advice, on commercial compliance and legal issues to the business as well as manage & liaise with external legal counsel
• Assist with the development, revision, and/or implementation of a contract management system, compliance policies, and best practice procedures
• Drive awareness with regulatory and statutory directives and requirements
• Liaise and engage regulatory bodies/authorities
• Keep abreast of, monitor and analyse regulatory trends and changes in regulatory directives, rules and regulations
• Prepares and assists with legal and corporate filings and reports
• Work on business registration and incorporation.

• Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Laws from a reputable university & member of the Nigerian Bar Association with preferred or equivalent practical experience
• Previous tech industry or handling assignments or projects within fintech is huge plus
• Minimum 4 years experience working as a legal associate or legal assistant in a corporate establishment or in a law firm post call
• Experience working with agreements, including drafting and preparing simple amendments to standard templates
• Ability to work with a wide range of contract types including service agreements, amendments, addendums, schedules and statements of work
• Experience supporting a legal team in a fast-paced and high volume environment
• Understand & implement various CBN reporting requirements (CBN-CRMS), and closely work with Finance and engineering to manage reporting and compliance obligations.
• Experience with legal software solutions (e.g., contract lifecycle management, workflow automation, etc.)

We’re hiring a legal associate to join our growing team. As our legal associate you’ll work
collaboratively across teams, providing support on legal matters.

• Advanced critical and possess legal reasoning skills
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Ability to project and manage to a high standard
• Organisational and collaborative skills
• Attention to detail
• Confidentiality
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent drafting skills
• Excellent negotiation skills.

We're looking for a winner who shares our vision. You'll be joining our client because you
genuinely believe the mission to empower African Entrepreneurs is important and exciting. Our ideal candidate should exhibit the following:

• Mission driven
• Championship mentality; result and goal orientated
• Independent thinking
• Self motivated
• Humble
• Driven
• High performers

Fully onsite at our Office (applicant must stay within Yaba).

Here’s just some of our perks:
● Medical cover
● Paid time off (leave days)
● Work tools
● We invest in our Employees through career development & opportunities