Corporate Counsel

Responsibilities:
• Prepare and implement a group wide corporate compliance program and calendar (large parts of the work will be carried out by local teams in KSA, Egypt and noon Pay as well as supported by external corporate service providers, but this person shall have overall ownership of the compliance programme)
• Supervise timely renewal of trade licenses, annual filings, preparation of all AGM/EGM minutes and supporting documents, etc.
• Provide audit support, including liaising with finance team and external auditors to provide relevant information and provide requested clarifications
• Maintain all statutory registers (either electronically or in original or tracking which service provider is actually maintaining them)
• Review, interpret and communicate policies to internal stakeholders
• Monitor changes in applicable laws and regulations that have an impact on the business and implement
• In conjunction with Finance, Risk and Audit teams, contribute to registers relating to breaches, incidents, complaints, conflict of interest, etc.
• Own (supported by necessary internal and external specialists) all policies and procedures relating to corporate governance, corporate compliance and company secretarial matters, including creating policies where required and updating them as necessary
• Supervise and manage external corporate service providers, including reviewing and negotiating annual retainers and administering payments
• Manage the day-to-day troubleshooting and day-to-day administration of the group entities
• Act as the primary point of contact within Legal for coordinating and managing internal audits
• Set up new entities (including working out new business requirements, figuring out appropriate entities, liaising with law firms to set up entities, working internally to prepare documents and powers of attorney to enable establishment of entities)