Responsibilities

Legal advisory, Operations and compliance support

• Transactions: Providing leadership in the legal structuring and documentation of corporate, commercial and conveyancing transactions.
• Metrics: Developing, tracking and managing team’s Key Performance Indicators in line with the strategy and client expectations.
• Technology and innovation: Taking a lead on automation and systems for efficiency in service delivery.
• Policies and procedures: Document processes, policies and procedures in line with the group governance framework.
• Legal Vendor management: Manage third party engagement; on-boarding service providers and manage the relationships.
• Budgets: Manage the teams’ operations within budgeted costs and timelines ensure total cost recovery in all engagements. Provide high quality and timely legal advisory and compliance support to the group.
• The role holder contributes to performance of specific complex legal project work in corporate, commercial and conveyancing matters.
• The role involves management of contract and regulatory compliance, development and implementation of group policies and procedures, coordination of establishing operations in existing and new jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with the organization’s governing structures, identifying and addressing potential legal issues and risks for current activities, operations and strategic initiatives.

Company Secretarial services

• Provide best in class governance support to the various subsidiaries in line with the Group Company Secretarial standards of governance.

Tax compliance and Reporting support

• Management of subsidiaries, Tax dispute handling, Transfer Pricing Management, Board Risk Committee reporting, Proactive tax planning and advisory services.

Qualifications

• Graduate Bachelor of Laws; Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law.
• Professional Qualification in Governance (CPS-K or equivalent)
• Post graduate degree in a business-related field is an added advantage.
• 10 years relevant experience in a challenging business environment that presents breadth of legal and tax compliance and advisory experience.
• Experience in corporate, commercial and conveyancing transactions in a busy corporate law firm.