Legal and Compliance Manager

Key Responsibilities

Legal Advisory

• Provide legal counsel on matters affecting the company, including litigation, insurance claims, and regulatory issues.
• Manage the entire contracting life cycle, ensuring legal interests are protected in all agreements. Manage external legal counsel as and when necessary.

Board Secretarial Duties

• Schedule and manage Board and sub-committee meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow-up on actions from meetings to ensure execution.
• Oversee governance reporting and ensure compliance with corporate governance standards.
• Facilitate the assessment of the Board and members’ performance and effectiveness and ensure that the board and sub-committee charters are adhered to.

Compliance Management

•  Build a comprehensive compliance checklist, covering all areas of legal and regulatory compliance that are related to the company’s operations.
• Conduct periodic compliance & risk assessments based on set criteria
• Monitor and review the implementation of all compliance requirements.
• Provide regular progress reports to the Executive Committee (EXCO) and the Board Compliance Sub-Committee on implementation status and advise on measures to improve service efficiency and quality and reduce exposure to fraud, abuse, and waste.
• Periodically revise the program in line with changes in the needs of the organization, and in the regulations, laws, policies and procedures of government and other relevant regulators.
• Coordinate internal compliance review and monitoring activities, including periodic reviews of departments
• Respond to government/regulators investigations and queries as the principal point of contact
• Independently investigate and act on matters related to compliance, including the flexibility to design and coordinate internal investigations (e.g., responding to reports of problems, 'hot-line' calls, or suspected violations)
• Develop policies and programs that encourage managers and employees to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without fear of retaliation
• Entrench a compliance culture through training and other appropriate interventions. 

What Will Make You Succeed

Technical Expertise:

• In-depth knowledge of corporate law, insurance regulations, contract law, particularly relating to the operations of a General Insurance Company.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, including Board operations, and regulatory reportin
• Knowledge of compliance obligations under the Insurance Act, and relevant laws.

Leadership Skills:

• Ability to develop and execute legal, and compliance strategies that align with business goals.
• Ability to influence and get the buy-in of people at all levels of the organization.
• Superior decision making, organization and project management skills,
• Team orientation and People Management skills

Personal Attributes:

• High integrity and ethical standards
• Strong Interpersonal skills
• Innovation and Adaptability to change.
• Effective Communication & Presentation skills, with the ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally

Academic & Professional Qualification

• Must be a lawyer with experience in Corporate Law practice, Board/ Company Secretarial duties, and compliance.
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience is required.
• Prior experience in Compliance Management, particularly within the Insurance Industry is highly desirable.

Location: Accra

Salary: Attractive