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  • Posted: Feb 6, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Absa Bank Limited (Absa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited. Absa offers personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance.
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    Deputy Company Secretary & Legal Counsel

    Job Purpose

    To provide legal support to Barclays Bank of Kenya and other associate companies in Kenya.

    To identify and managing legal risk in the SBU, liaising directly with the businesses as appropriate.

    To provide Company Secretarial services to select associate companies of Barclays Bank of Kenya.

    To act as liaison and provide organisational and administrative services to the East African Governance & Control Committee

    Main accountabilities and approximate time split

    Legal

    Time Split% (40%)

    • Supporting the long-term growth of the business by providing pragmatic and effective legal advice to manage legal risk across the business and assist in the design and implementation of procedures to manage, at an appropriate level, this risk.
    • Ensuring that all aspects of legal risk are identified covered and controlled in the implementation of new projects, systems, procedures and products.
    • Developing and delivering strategic legal risk management initiatives.
    • Ensuring best practices are adopted and guidelines complied with, and that all activities comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
    • Ensuring that changes and developments in legislation, regulations, guidelines and practices affecting the markets in which Barclays Kenya operates are analysed, evaluated and reported as required.

    Management & Financial information

    • Identifying and meeting management information requirements for the measurement of legal risk exposure, performance (both of internal and external legal resources) and productivity.
    • Managing and controlling external legal resources in terms of cost and performance, including negotiation and settlement of external lawyers’ fees.
    • Act as liaison between banking personnel and external legal advisors as appropriate.

    Service management

    • Contribute to the development of Barclays Kenya strategy through the identification of legal risk.
    • Liaising with the Heads of Functions & Departments to ensure that these teams are able to meet the ongoing requirements of the business
    • Controls :
    • Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards. Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

    Company Secretarial

    Time Split% (50%)

    Responsibilities

    The following Company Secretarial responsibilities for select associate companies of Barclays Bank of Kenya

    • Delivery of high level business information/data relating to local and regional business activities
    • Channel for distributing and receiving information critical to Group Corporate Secretariat (GCS) as required
    • Monitoring compliance with GCS and Group policies
    • Formulating standards and policies within Kenya and the region and for the Function
    • Assisting with annual audit of companies and directors
    • Identify risk and problem areas in the business that need assistance
    • Organisation of Board & Board Committee Meetings
    • Preparation of Board Minutes, Resolutions, Powers of Attorney etc;
    • Maintenance of statutory records;
    • Organisation of General Meetings
    • Filing of Statutory Returns and Procurement of required Licences
    • Board Management including induction, training and development of Directors
    • Provision of company secretarial services and advice to senior management, including listing obligations (debt and equity), AGM, Report and Accounts etc.
    • Responsibility for process of notifications to the regulatory authorities.
    • Management of database of information on Group companies and directors.
    • Monitoring and implementing appropriate Corporate Governance regulatory and statutory developments.
    • Managing the Company Secretarial budgets.

    Team Leadership

    Time split%: 10%

    • Provide education, training and support to the businesses on relevant legal risk issues and developments as appropriate.
    • Ensure an up to date and relevant knowledge of principal areas of law and practice in all relevant jurisdictions.

    Risk and Control

    • “Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards. Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.”

    Technical Skills / Competencies

    • Ability to develop and support internal clients
    • Prioritising
    • Strong commercial/legal risk management focus
    • Strategic planning
    • Project and resource management
    • Delivery under pressure
    • Effective communicator
    • Analytical, problem solving skills with the ability to develop imaginative solutions
    • Networking skills
    • Ability to pull together and mange ad hoc teams & resources to deliver timely and effective solutions

    Knowledge, Expertise And Experience

    • Experience of a significant number of those areas of business law relevant to Barclays Kenya namely Company Law, lending, products litigation, employment law, commercial contracts
    • Understanding of Barclays Kenya’s strategy, business and markets
    • Strong technical legal ability
    • Knowledge of Financial Services sector
    • Understanding of Barclays Group strategy, business & markets
    • Wide experience and full understanding of legal risk management
    • Company secretarial, compliance and investor relations
    • Advocate of the High Court of Kenya/Solicitor/Barrister (or equivalent)
    • Certified Public Secretary
    • At least 6 years PQE of legal risk management in banking law / financial services law within the banking sector or the equivalent in a busy corporate body or law firm of good repute.
    • Masters or advanced degree in law or business would be an added advantage

    Barclays Guiding Principles

    Approvals

    The guiding principles provides a framework for how we in Barclays work together and how we serve our customers and the communities we are in

    • Respect
    • Integrity
    • Service
    • Excellence
    • Stewardship

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Absa Bank Limited on barclays.taleo.net to apply

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