Legal And Compliance Manager

About Klasha 

Klasha is a technology company that builds cross-border commerce solutions for African consumers and international businesses wanting to sell into Africa. Our mission is to make consumer goods and services online more accessible to customers across Africa. We've built the KlashaCheckout which allows African consumers to transact online cross-border in local African currencies alongside an entire toolkit of software products including; KlashaWire, KlashaCargo, Payment Links and the Klasha App.

Our vision is for African consumers to have the same frictionless access to the goods they want, regardless of their geographic location by transacting using African currencies and money methods.

Klasha is currently live in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya and Zambia. Klasha is backed by leading venture investors including; Greycroft (investors in Braintree and Venmo), Seedcamp (investors in Revolut), Techstars (investors in Remitly) and Plug and Play (investors in Paypal, Honey and Dropbox).

About the role
Klasha is seeking to hire an apt and dynamic candidate who will function as the Legal and Compliance Manager and will amongst other things be responsible for the reviewing of all relevant statutory laws and regulations applicable to the organization. The candidate will be responsible for providing legal, analytical, and administrative management to the company, with a heavy focus on managing the company’s litigation portfolio, providing guidance and support to external counsel, administering corporate compliance, responding to regulatory inquiries, assisting with company audits, and review of policies and contracts. This position requires the ability to work independently, communicate complex concepts in concise terms, prioritize tasks, and work with various departments efficiently

What will you be doing:

Compliance:

• Review of all relevant statutory laws and regulations applicable to the company and ensure compliance

• Ensure that business activities are conducted in conformity with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures

• Ensure that all regulatory permissions remain current and appropriate for business needs

• Continual compliance risk assessment of company practices together with the development of internal policies and procedures, compliance training and protocols

• Serve as liaison for all regulatory bodies as well as maintaining relationships with relevant legal bodies and trade associations

• Keep abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives and advise management accordingly

• Liaise with third parties, together with the company’s management, that wish to understand the company’s control environment, compliance policies and procedures

• Provide reporting with respect to regulatory requirements and developments

• Develop compliance checklists and prepare compliance reports, as and when due

• Inform the internal audit unit of any findings as regards non-compliance that may require investigation

• Ensuring compliance with best practices

• Participate in business process re-engineering exercises to ensure controls therein

• Carry out review of SLA Manuals to ensure applicable regulatory laws are incorporated

Legal:

• Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and shareholders

• Preparation of compliance documentation with relevant constitutive documents for statutory, legal, regulatory purposes

• Liaison with all the subsidiaries within the company’s group, service providers, external legal advisers, and government agencies

• Maintenance and review of legal agreements

• Developing and overseeing that the company meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities

• Negotiation, drafting and implementation of the terms of agreements in all business contracts and agreements

• Responsible for providing legal support in controlling customer complaints to mitigate the risk of litigation

• Review all documentation that has legal implications for the company prior to signing and implementing

You should apply if you:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in Law

• Have an LLM (an advantage)

• Have Minimum of 5 years working experience with at least 3 years compliance experience preferably within the financial services environment

• Have technology savviness

• Have high level of determination and tenacity

• Have good understanding of compliance activities in financial services

• Have experience in developing and managing compliance monitoring program's

• Are fully conversant with NAICOM, SEC, NSE, CAC, NFIU, IFRS, and other regulatory directives and guidelines

Key Competencies:

• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Good interpersonal skills, especially in contract negotiations

• Excellent attention to detail

• Articulate, effective communication skills with the ability to communicate internally and externally (lawyers, regulators, auditors) at all levels

• Strategic thinking

• Ability to multitask and prioritize.

• Ability to get things done quickly without sweating the small stuff

• Business savvy and customer-service oriented approach to facilitate achievement of business objectives

Benefits

Our people are the heart of the business, so we prioritize welfare and offer a wide range of competitive benefits including but not limited to:

• All the latest technology you need to do your role

• Private health insurance

• Calm membership

• Free lunch in the office

• Budget for French language classes

• One-time home office set-up allowance

• Hybrid; remote + office hours and flexible working conditions

• Access to Klasha Sessions development training courses

• Diesel and fuel allowance for remote working

• Work-from-anywhere weeks; Work from anywhere for three weeks in a year

• Paid birthday day off

• Team building events

• Bank holidays swap inside the same month

• Access to mental health wellness services

• Paid parental leave