Description

• As a Legal & Compliance Officer at KingMakers, you will play a key role in ensuring our operations run within all applicable legal and regulatory frameworks. You’ll support the business by providing hands-on legal advice, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, and maintaining strong relationships with regulators, auditors, and legal partners.
• This role pans regulatory compliance (licences, filings, monitoring, liaison with authorities) and corporate legal work (contracts, documentation, coordination with internal/external stakeholders) and requires a well-rounded legal professional who is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing both regulatory and commercial matters in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. he role s

What You’ll Be Doing

Compliance

• Review all statutory laws and regulations applicable to the company to ensure full compliance.
• Ensure all business activities adhere to legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements.
• Maintain all regulatory licences and ensure they remain current and appropriate for business needs.
• Conduct regular compliance risk assessments and contribute to the development of internal policies, procedures, and training.
• Serve as a liaison with all regulatory authorities and maintain relationships with relevant legal bodies and trade associations.
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives; advise management on any required actions.
• Liaise with third parties, auditors, and other stakeholders to provide transparency on the company’s control environment and compliance framework.
• Prepare compliance checklists and reports, and ensure timely submissions to regulators.
• Review internal SLA manuals to ensure all relevant regulatory requirements are reflected.
• Perform any other duties as required by the company.

Legal

• Liaise with auditors, external lawyers, tax advisers, bankers, and shareholders.
• Prepare legal and compliance documentation required for statutory, legal, or regulatory purposes.
• Coordinate with related parties across the group, service providers, external advisers, and government agencies.
• Maintain and review legal agreements to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and implement business contracts and agreements.
• Provide legal support in resolving customer complaints and disputes to mitigate litigation risk.
• Review all documents with legal implications before signing or implementation to safeguard the company’s interests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience, including at least 3 years in compliance, preferably within financial services or another regulated environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• High determination and tenacity; focused and self-motivated.
• Solid understanding of compliance activities in financial services and experience developing or managing compliance monitoring programmes.
• Articulate communicator with the ability to engage internally and externally (lawyers, regulators, auditors) at all levels.
• Sound knowledge of Nigerian regulatory frameworks and agencies, including CAC, NFIU, NLRC, and CBN directives and guidelines.
• High level of determination, focus, and self-motivation.
• Ability to work independently and maintain confidentiality with strong professional ethics.