Legal Officer

Job Descriptions

• The Legal Officer will provide legal and regulatory support across the organization, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, internal policies, and industry regulations.
• The role involves drafting and reviewing legal documents, managing contracts, advising internal stakeholders, supporting corporate governance activities, managing legal aspects of debt recovery, and mitigating legal risks.
• The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive, commercially minded, and capable of working effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
• Provide legal advice and support on operational, commercial, employment, regulatory, and corporate governance matters.
• Ensure organizational compliance with applicable laws, regulations, statutory requirements, and internal policies.
• Support corporate governance activities, regulatory filings, and statutory compliance.
• Monitor changes in legislation and advise management on legal implications and business impact.
• Identify legal risks and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
• Support dispute resolution, litigation management, and coordinate with external counsel where necessary.
• Maintain accurate legal records, contracts, company filings, and documentation.
• Assist with policy development, review, implementation, and legal awareness initiatives across the organization.
• Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions, reports, memoranda, and other advisory documents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure legal considerations are integrated into business operations.
• Develop, review, negotiate, and monitor Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with customers, vendors, and strategic partners.
• Provide legal oversight for debt management and recovery, including drafting demand notices, negotiating settlements, and supporting recovery actions.
• Lead legal resolution of long-outstanding and overdue debts while ensuring compliance with applicable debt recovery laws and regulations.
• Review and improve debt collection, recovery, and escalation processes to optimize efficiency, reduce legal risk, and improve recoveries.
• Partner with Finance, Collections, and Operations teams to resolve payment disputes, enforce contractual obligations, and strengthen credit control processes.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timely review and turnaround of contracts, legal documents, and SLAs.
• Compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Effective identification and mitigation of legal and compliance risks.
• Recovery rate and resolution of overdue and disputed debts.
• Timely resolution of legal disputes and debt recovery matters.
• Accuracy and completeness of legal documentation, filings, and contract records.
• Responsiveness to internal legal support requests and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Continuous improvement of legal, collections, and contract management processes.