Jul 28, 2018
REF: 1108/NIGE/EU/Head of Corporate Governance/Nigeria/140718 Location: Nigeria Contract: Permanent Category: Insurance Offer: Market Related Introduction
This role manages risk & compliance processes and structures for all Old Mutual Nigeria businesses , providing legal advice as required through others.
It is also individually accountable for promoting the development of reporting structures to meet information requirements of the CEO & EXCO of all Old Mutual Nigeria businesses and also for risk aggregation & concentration of risk exposure in OMN
Description
Establishes & embeds compliance across the business unit by analysing the impact of applicable legislation and regulation and applying this to business processes and procedures.
Ensures compliance by the business unit with applicable legislation by means of the implementation of compliance risk management & monitoring plans.
Reports compliance breaches to business unit management.
Facilitates, & in appropriate circumstances partakes in, remedial actions developed by the business unit to help eliminate non-compliance with legislation & regulation.
Represents Old Mutual Nigeria businesses on litigation matters OMGICN & OMNILAC).
Accumulates all pertinent facts, identifies relevant issues, researches applicable legal principles & applies them to the facts.
Provides legal opinions/comments on legislation.
Drafts contracts.
Provides company secretarial, corporate governance & administrative services to OMN Group. Ensures that Corporate Governance guidelines & Companies Act requirements are adhered to.
Reports to the Group CEO, Old Mutual West Africa
Key Result Areas Company Secretarial Services:
Provides company secretarial, corporate governance & administrative services to the Old Mutual Group in Nigeria through other managers and their teams.
Reporting:
Promotes development of reporting structures for risk aggregation & concentration of risk exposure.
Ensures risk aggregation reports and management risk self-assessment results are produced and provided.
Risk Management:
Develops, communicates & assists in implementation of Enterprise Risk management policy, supporting guidance & procedures.
Provides oversight for risk management activities, ensuring Group Risk Policy statements are met through other managers and their teams.
Provides challenges to risk management information received from reporting entities through other managers and their teams.
Drives operational excellence throughout the area of supervision.
Defines and implements risk best operating practice.
Defines performance parameters (incl. balanced scorecard) and measurements for area under supervision.
Compliance:
Establishes & embeds compliance across the business unit by analyzing the impact of applicable legislation and regulation and applying this to business processes and procedures.
Ensures that Corporate Governance guidelines & Companies Act requirements are adhered to.
Ensures compliance by the business unit with applicable legislation by means of the implementation of compliance risk management & monitoring plans.
Reports compliance breaches to business unit management.
Facilitates, & in appropriate circumstances partakes in, remedial actions developed by the business unit to help eliminate non compliance with legislation & regulation.
Legal Advice:
Represents company on litigation matters.
Accumulates all pertinent facts, identifies relevant issues, researches applicable legal principles & applies them to the facts.
Provides legal opinions/comments on legislation.
Drafts contracts.
Team Effectiveness:
Contributes to the talent management process, developmental interventions and on-the job-coaching.
Individually accountable for staff time, tasks and output quality, over periods of 3 months to a year.
Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
Plans & assigns work over periods of 3 months to a year.
Guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
Creates a climate for optimal performance.
Manages performance.
Selects potential staff to sustain customer/client service delivery.
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Law
Master’s degree an advantage
Very Good knowledge of the Companies Act, NAICOM (Local regulators’) policies, Corporate Governance policies and Compliance Laws.
Working knowledge of tax laws
A minimum of 12 years’ work experience
Experience in management of team.
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