Job Description
One of the biggest investment firms in the region is seeking to recruit a Senior Manager – Tax&Legal Affairs to support key areas of their legal, governance and tax management within the Group. He/she will oversee legal, company secretarial and offer advisory on tax affairs of the Group.
Job Responsibilities
Legal advisory, Operations and compliance support
- Transactions: Providing leadership in the legal structuring and documentation of corporate, commercial andconveyancing transactions.
- Metrics: Developing, tracking and managing team’s Key Performance Indicators in line with the strategyandclient 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 governanceframework.
- Legal Vendor management: Manage third party engagement; on-boarding service providers and managetherelationships.
- 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 tothe 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 implementationofgroup policies and procedures, coordination of establishing operations in existing and newjurisdictions, 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 CompanySecretarial standards of governance.
Tax Compliance & Reporting Support
- Management of subsidiaries, Tax dispute handling, Transfer Pricing Management, Board Risk Committeereporting, Proactive tax planning and advisory services.
Other Requirements
- 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 andtaxcompliance and advisory experience;
- Experience in corporate, commercial and conveyancing transactions in a busy corporate lawfirm
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