Head of Legal
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About the Role
A confidential company in Dubai is seeking a Senior Head of Legal to oversee all legal and regulatory matters, working alongside C-Suite team members.
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Responsibilities
- 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 and the application of regulation to its business
- Ensure local operation/administration procedures comply with relevant regulations and that this is adequately documented
- Ensure staff are trained in local regulatory requirements and receive induction training
- Advise staff on regulatory issues as and when required
- Ensure 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
- Develop and maintain Company's internal policies and procedures related to compliance matters and controls relevant to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing
- 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
- Assist with internal and external audit
Requirements
- 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
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Job Overview
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
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