Legal & Regulatory Compliance Officer

Virtual Pay

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Job details

• Legal & Regulatory Compliance Officer
• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND
• Experience 4 - 6 years
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Legal and Regulatory

Job Summary

• This role provides legal and regulatory support to the Company across its jurisdictions of operation, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, licensing conditions and regulatory obligations. The Legal & Regulatory Compliance Officer will support new market entry and licensing, regulatory engagements, compliance monitoring, legal documentation, and the implementation of regulatory requirements across the business.
• The role requires strong knowledge of financial services and payments regulation, excellent research and analytical skills, and the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical business actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory Compliance: Monitor changes in laws, regulations and regulatory directives across jurisdictions; assess their impact and advise relevant teams on required actions.
• Maintain regulatory obligations, licensing and compliance registers and track regulatory deadlines and commitments.
• Licensing & Market Entry: Lead/co-ordinate preparation of regulatory licensing and market-entry packs for new jurisdictions, including application forms, business plans, corporate and governance documents, policies, risk assessments and other supporting documentation. Coordinate responses to regulator queries and track pre- and post licensing requirements.
• Regulatory Engagement: Prepare and coordinate regulatory submissions, returns, notifications and responses. Support regulatory examinations, inspections, audits and remediation of regulatory findings, and maintain appropriate records of regulatory correspondence and approvals.
• Legal Advisory & Contracts: Conduct legal and regulatory research and provide practical advice on products, partnerships, business activities and market expansion.
• Review,draft and support negotiation of commercial agreements, ensuring appropriate legal, regulatory and risk protections.
• Compliance Frameworks: Support implementation and monitoring of requirements relating to AML/CFT, sanctions, data protection, consumer protection, financial crime, and other applicable regulatory obligations. Support compliance reviews, regulatory risk assessments and remediation activities.
• Governance & Documentation: Support development and review of legal, regulatory and compliance policies, procedures and governance documents. Maintain an accurate repository of licences, regulatory filings, contracts, legal opinions and other key records, and provide legal/regulatory updates to management and relevant governance forums.

Key qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB); admission to practice is an advantage.
• 4–6 years’ experience in legal, regulatory compliance, financial services, fintech, payments or banking.
• Proven experience in regulatory licensing and market-entry processes, preferably across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong knowledge of payments/financial services regulation, AML/CFT, sanctions, data protection and consumer protection.
• Experience in contract review, legal research and regulatory advisory.

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