KingMakers is the leading sports and digital entertainment platform company across the African continent.
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As a Legal & Compliance Officer at KingMakers, you will play a key role in ensuring our operations run within all applicable legal and regulatory frameworks. You’ll support the business by providing hands-on legal advice, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, and maintaining strong relationships with regulators, auditors, and legal partners.
This role pans regulatory compliance (licences, filings, monitoring, liaison with authorities) and corporate legal work (contracts, documentation, coordination with internal/external stakeholders) and requires a well-rounded legal professional who is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing both regulatory and commercial matters in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. he role s
What You’ll Be Doing
Compliance
Review all statutory laws and regulations applicable to the company to ensure full compliance.
Ensure all business activities adhere to legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements.
Maintain all regulatory licences and ensure they remain current and appropriate for business needs.
Conduct regular compliance risk assessments and contribute to the development of internal policies, procedures, and training.
Serve as a liaison with all regulatory authorities and maintain relationships with relevant legal bodies and trade associations.
Keep abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives; advise management on any required actions.
Liaise with third parties, auditors, and other stakeholders to provide transparency on the company’s control environment and compliance framework.
Prepare compliance checklists and reports, and ensure timely submissions to regulators.
Review internal SLA manuals to ensure all relevant regulatory requirements are reflected.
Perform any other duties as required by the company.
Legal
Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers, and shareholders.
Prepare legal and compliance documentation required for statutory, legal, or regulatory purposes.
Coordinate with related parties across the group, service providers, external advisers, and government agencies.
Maintain and review legal agreements to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Draft, review, negotiate, and implement business contracts and agreements.
Provide legal support in resolving customer complaints and disputes to mitigate litigation risk.
Review all documents with legal implications before signing or implementation to safeguard the company’s interests.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
Minimum 5 years’ experience, including at least 3 years in compliance, preferably within financial services or another regulated environment.
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
High determination and tenacity; focused and self-motivated.
Solid understanding of compliance activities in financial services and experience developing or managing compliance monitoring programmes.
Articulate communicator with the ability to engage internally and externally (lawyers, regulators, auditors) at all levels.
Sound knowledge of Nigerian regulatory frameworks and agencies, including CAC, NFIU, NLRC, and CBN directives and guidelines.
High level of determination, focus, and self-motivation.
Ability to work independently and maintain confidentiality with strong professional ethics.
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