Head Of Legal

We are looking to hire a Senior Head of Legal. You will work alongside other C‑Suite team members and take ownership of all company legal and regulatory matters. To do well in this role you should have experience as a senior lawyer in a company with complex international operations.

• Liaise and report to the relevant regulatory bodies as required by the applicable regulations;
• Act as an adviser to the Company's Board of Directors and Senior Management on general compliance issues;
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of relevant aspects of prevailing business practices in the Company and the application of regulation to its business;
• Ensuring local operation/administration procedures comply with relevant regulations and that this is adequately documented;
• Ensuring staff are trained in local regulatory requirements and receive induction training, and that all staff required to comply with the relevant regulator's training and competence regime do so;
  Advising staff on regulatory issues as and when required;
• Ensuring that client due diligence complaint procedures are adequate;
• Assess the Company's status of compliance and report periodically to senior management and the Board of Directors keeping them informed of all relevant matters;
• Company's internal policies and procedures related to compliance matters and controls relevant to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and ensure the policies of the Company are always in line with local and international regulations;
• Monitor and assess the correct and effective implementation of the policies in relation to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing,
• Implementation of the risk management and procedures manual, apply monitoring mechanisms in order to assess the level of compliance of the departments and employees of the Company
• Assist with internal and external audit;

• Relevant compliance experience required within a fast paced environment ideally Telecoms
• Extensive experience of dealing with regulators and other external bodies
• Compliance qualifications to equivalent standard

Executive

Full-time

Legal – Industries:
Telecommunications