Jobs at Proten

Role Overview

The Legal Officer shall support the effective management of all legal matters as they relate to all facets of the legal function – Litigation, Corporate Commercial transactions, Contracts review, Data Privacy, Ethical Business Program, Intellectual Property, Owned & Leased Property, Legal Advisory, and any other functional projects or assignments.

Responsibilities

• Work with external counsels to manage litigation and its attendant administrative processes
• Hold responsibility for monthly legal reporting.
• Contracts Management
• Hold responsibility for Legal Applications update and management – Bright Flag & Dilitrust
• Retrieve information on all legal issues, files and build into the existing legal function structure
• Provide administrative and legal support for internal investigations
• Ensure the development of service level agreements for service support and delivery.
• Manage legal invoicing and track payments ensuring accuracy and promptness of payment.
• Support regulatory issues management
• Manage Property due diligence process
• Legal correspondence drafting
• Data Privacy Compliance Management
• All such other duties as directed by the Legal Manager

Qualifications

• A graduate degree in law (minimum of second class lower).
• 3-5 years experience
• Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
• Excellent written &verbal communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of corporate commercial practice
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion.
• Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail.
• Great team player to support cohesive operations in the Legal Unit of the group.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft office applications especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

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Responsibilities

• Preparation of Treasury TSF Documents
• Follow up with Banks for execution of Transactions
• Perform responsible and coordinate with Accounts teams for accounting
• Daily report of transactions to Senior management.
• Technical Expertise- Good communication skill & knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Responsible for end to end execution of structured trade and Treasury products
• Liaise with banks for onboarding our entity for Structured business.
• Liaise with banks for any LC negotiation, confirming or discounting of trade documents,
• Confirmation, Settlement of Interest Rate Swaps- wherever applicable
• Monitor, review and execute trade finance structure, documentation to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain frequent customer contact with internal and external customers/ counterparts
• Monitor and manage customer relationships via database spreadsheets, benchmarking
• Liaise with BU traders on open positions, vessels’ loading and other issues pertaining to trade flow.
• Tracking of Limit utilisation for Banks

Requirements

• Knowledge of Interest Rate Hedging
• Able to prepare full set of shipping documents in accordance with L/C and contractual requirements
• Good understanding of commodity trading will be an added advantage
• Effective Communication and relationship management
• Basic understanding of Trade Transaction
• Keen eye for details and meticulous
• Team player with good inter-personal skills
• Good analytical and decision-making skills
• International Trade Operations
• Knowledge of MS Excel and Word
• Knowledge of Incoterms and International trade and be able to apply to daily operations when required
• Good knowledge of letter of credit - UCP rules & ISBP, its terms and differences
• Able to identify and solve day-to-day problems independently
• Good PC skills and ability to learn internal systems

Qualifications

• BSc in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• Professional qualification is required
• Trade structure finance experience is key
• 2 – 3 Years in International Trade Operations role