Senior Legal and Compliance Associate at Cowrywise

This position actively contributes towards the achievement of Cowrywise’s vision, organisational goals and objectives by ensuring that Cowrywise’s legal, compliance and governance footprints meet operational, commercial and strategic considerations.

In your role as Senior Legal & Compliance Associate, you will be responsible for providing legal support, whilst ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations as it relates to Cowrywise and advising on areas of improvement in our corporate governance processes and compliance levels. You should also be passionate about understanding new trends and developments that affect fintechs globally, but especially in Nigeria.

Primary Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will provide legal advisory, compliance, and governance services as follows:

• Draft, review, and negotiate third-party contracts, ensuring alignment with company objectives, regulatory requirements, and risk mitigation strategies while maintaining standardized templates for compliance.
• Manage contract lifecycles, track renewals, monitor performance, conduct legal research, propose process improvements and provide regulatory insights to support Cowrywise’s legal and compliance functions.
• Ensure regulatory compliance by advising on legal requirements, obtaining approvals, filing regulatory reports, managing compliance tools, conducting risk assessments, and providing training to mitigate legal and financial risks in Cowrywise’s operations.
• Support corporate governance by developing policies, assisting with Board and AGM matters, maintaining compliance frameworks, and providing legal and company secretarial services to align with Cowrywise’s objectives.
• Ensure compliance with data protection laws by implementing relevant policies, in coordination with the Head, Legal & Compliance.

An ideal candidate will bring

• Legal & Compliance experience in a fund/asset management company or CMO.
• SEC-Sponsored Individual registration.
• Excellent writing skills.
• A customer-centric approach to meeting the needs of stakeholders and clients.
• Savvy with Google workspace.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• 6+ years experience in Legal, Compliance, Data Protection and Governance.