COMPANY SECRETARY AND LEGAL ADVISOR
- Full Time
- Gidijobs
- Ogudu, Lagos
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Posted 7 years ago
JOB OBJECTIVE:
Carry out effective and efficient advisory roles on legal matters by providing adequate communication and compliance with statutory provisions as well as the maintenance and custody of the company’s statutory books. Ensure that an organization complies with standard financial and legal practice and maintains standards of corporate governance.
KEY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Coordination, organizing and
take minute of board committee meetings and board meetings, circulate
minutes of meetings within 3days (72hours).
- Maintain statutory books,
including registers of members, directors and secretaries.
- Advising of the legal,
governance, accounting and tax implications of proposed policies.
- Preparation of loan
agreement, mortgage deeds and vetting of legal document.
- Dealing with correspondence,
ensuring prompt responses to notices and requests from regulatory bodies,
collating information and writing reports, ensuring decisions made are
communicated to the relevant company stakeholders.
- Liaising with external
regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors; ensure compliance
with CBN and other regulatory bodies’ pronouncements, guidelines and
policies by providing feedback mechanism between the companies and the
necessary government agencies.
- Ensure speedy and cost
effective perfection of company’s interest in property proffered as
security for loan facility
- Provide the organization
with regular and update information on CBN and other regulatory body’s
policies as it affect the company’s operations.
- Ensuring all cases regarding credit is promptly and successfully executed.
CORE COMPENTENCIES:
- Working
knowledge of corporate and securities law
- Demonstrating
an “executive presence,” backed up with solid communication skills
- Understanding
the company’s business thoroughly
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Accurate
and timely distribution of board papers (%).
- Availability
of benchmarked and documented policies and procedures (%).
- Number
of regulatory breaches.
- Level
of compliance in the organization (statutes, etc.)