Contract Compliance & Legal Officer at XPO Marine Services Limited

About the Job
Contract Management and Administration:

• Develop, negotiate and evaluate contracts on behalf of the Company
• Advise and enforce the company rights and ensure the company meets its obligations in each project by communicating expectations to relevant departments
• Monitor key contract dates to ensure all contract terms are applied timely and correctly
• Manage legal, project and contracting risk of the company and ensure that any contractual or legal matter affecting the Project execution is properly addressed
• Liaise with other departments and third party representative regularly to address issues that may arise from each contract renewal, contract award, contract resolutions and contract follow-up action items.
• Provide contract status reports to management for review.
• Carry out evaluations and provide close out reports for each project and identify gaps and areas of improvement.
• Assist the other team in preparing requests and responses for contractual interpretations and providing responses to requests for contract clarification, deviations or changes.

Compliance:

• Ensure that business operations are in line with all applicable laws, regulations, best practices, internal policies and procedures
• Prepare compliance documentation for statutory, legal, and regulatory purposes
• Ensure all regulatory licenses, certificates, permits are up to date.
• Be abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives and advise management accordingly.
• Develop and ensure that the company meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities
• Develop compliance checklists and prepare compliance reports, as and when due.

Legal:

• Negotiate, draft and review all documents that has legal implications for the company prior to execution and implementation with third parties
• Advise the management and other departments on legal issues and matters relating to or resulting from the company’s operations.
• Litigation and case management activities
• Provision of legal, regulatory and compliance support to related entities
• Maintain legal and statutory records of the company
• Liaise with professional advisers and consultants such as auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and shareholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Law.
• A minimum of 7 years working experience with at least 3 years’ litigation experience and relevant experience preferably within the maritime industry.
• Being conversant with NCDMB, CAC, NPA. NIMASA and other regulators is an added advantage
• Ability to work without supervision.