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Legal Counsel, Credit Administration

3 weeks ago
Nigeria
Full-time
Mid Level
Legal Counsel
Legal
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Moniepoint

Moniepoint

Moniepoint offers a comprehensive payments, banking, and operations platform designed to support the growth of businesses and enhance financial accessibility for customers in emerging markets.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2015
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Description

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and improve loan agreements, security documents, guarantees, and other credit-related legal instruments.
  • Conduct legal due diligence on borrowers, guarantors, and collateral, including verification of corporate, property, and identity documents.
  • Ensure loan documentation is properly executed, perfected, stamped, and registered in line with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Provide legal advisory support to business loans, credit, recovery, and risk teams on credit-related transactions and issues.
  • Identify, assess, and proactively manage legal and regulatory risks associated with lending activities.
  • Track and manage post-disbursement documentation, including outstanding conditions precedent and conditions subsequent.
  • Liaise with external solicitors, regulators, registries, and other third parties on documentation, perfection, and enforcement matters.
  • Maintain accurate legal records for all credit transactions on approved systems and repositories.
  • Contribute to the development and review of credit policies, standard templates, and legal processes.
  • Collaborate with product, operations, risk, and compliance teams to streamline and automate credit documentation workflows.
  • Stay current on changes in laws, regulations, and industry standards affecting lending and credit administration and advise the business accordingly.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B).
  • 4–7 years of post-call experience.
  • Experience in banking, fintech, financial services, or a reputable law firm with a strong finance and commercial practice.
  • Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, and managing loan agreements, security instruments, guarantees, and other credit-related documentation.
  • Strong working knowledge of Nigerian banking, finance, and credit-related laws and regulations, including BOFIA, CAMA, AML/CFT regulations, and data protection laws.
  • Practical experience with perfection of security interests, including CAC filings, landed property registries, stamp duties, and other relevant regulatory filings.
  • Solid understanding of credit risk, recovery processes, and enforcement of security interests.
  • High attention to detail and the ability to manage large volumes of documentation efficiently and accurately.
  • Strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with credit, risk, operations, and compliance teams.
  • Good organizational and time management skills in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
  • High ethical standards, sound judgment, confidentiality, and professionalism.

Benefits

  • Attractive salary.
  • Pension.
  • Health insurance.
  • Annual bonus.
  • Learning and development-focused environment.
  • Knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
  • People-first culture that values employee well-being and inclusion.

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