Head, Legal and Compliance at Empire Trust Microfinance Bank

About the Role

• Evaluate the organization’s policies, procedures, products and programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Advise the Board CEO and Senior Management on all legal and compliance matters affecting the organization’s operations and governance including legal review and operational decision-making.
• Prepare, review and advise on MOUs, SLAs and all forms of contractual agreements between the bank and other parties.
• Prepare Legal opinions and advise on General legal issues.
• Provide advice on contentious and non-contentious matters affecting the bank.
• Review, investigate and authenticate securities offered as collateral for credit.
• Supervision of registration and custody of credits securities, property titles and legal documents
• Preparation for Board meeting documentation and sundry tasks.
• Monitoring of compliance with applicable laws and regulations across the organization’s operations.
• Negotiation, drafting, reviewing and execution of contracts and agreements on behalf of the organization.
• Consistently liaising with external counsel of file regulatory returns with regulators such as CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria) and NDIC (Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation)
• Initiate and replay legal correspondences.
• Represent the Bank in court and work with external solicitors to ensure positive outcome of all cases.
• Any other functions required by the Management will be advised from time to time.

Required Skills:

• Managerial Skills.
• Leadership Skills, Effective Communication Skills

Qualification And Experience Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Law
• Above 5 Years Managerial Experience
• Must be computer literate with added advantage in key Microsoft office package (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Proficient in Banking Software will be an edge