Company Secretary & Head of Legal Services
Job Purpose:
An
appointee of the Board who formulates and develops internal legal advice to the
entire business, as well as the Board, on all governance matters whilst
ensuring all standard financial and regulatory compliance including continuing
obligations and requirements by Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Central
Bank of Kenya (CBK) are complied with. In addition, he/she will act as the
registered company secretary to the board of Housing Finance and its
subsidiaries.
Principal Accountabilities
- Act as the Company
Secretary of the Board of Directors of Housing Finance, Kenya Building
Society Limited, Housing Finance Foundation and Housing Finance Insurance
Agency.
- Develop
structures and policies that ensure all the above subsidiary companies
comply with all the regulatory and statutory regulations including the
following: Central Bank Prudential guidelines, Companies Act, Capital
Markets Authority’s regulations, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
regulations and Insurance regulations.
- Develop
programmes that ensure all statutory and regulatory returns are furnished
in a timely manner and the company complies with all the Continuing
Obligations including issuance of all cautionary and company statutory
notices.
- Act as custodian
of all the Company Seals, Minutes and all the various records to ensure
conformity with the regulations.
- Execute all
documents of the company under seal as Secretary to the various Boards.
- Ensure and
promote good governance in the various Boards including advising on
requirements of Directorships in compliance with the various Articles of
Association.
- Oversee overall
management of reputational and financial risk of the group by managing the
major litigations and suits of all the Companies.
- Convene, provide
secretarial services and attend to the Board and all subsidiary companies
for proper planning of all Board & AGM meetings and for record
keeping.
- Maintain
accurate and up to date shareholder records whilst facilitating timely and
effective communication between the Company and Shareholders.
- Custodian of the
Company contracts, titles, powers of attorneys securities and all legal
documents pertaining to the business for safety custody.
- Provide sound
legal opinions on all legal and commercial matters pertaining to the
business of the Companies and to oversee the proper representation of the
Bank in legal cases appearing before the courts so as to save the company
any damages and effectively manage the litigation portfolio.
- Oversee handling
arbitration matters on behalf of the company so as to ensure the timely
resolution of cases and reduce litigation costs.
- Oversee the
Management of external Bank lawyers Service Level Agreements to ensure
turnaround times are within range and HF costs that may incur due to
delays.
- Developing and
overseeing systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable
codes in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.
Expected
Minimum Qualification
- Education:
Degree in Law & a Certified Public Secretary (CPS)
- Experience:
Minimum of 5 years legal & company secretarial experience at a senior
management level, preferably in the Banking industry.
Technical
and General Competencies
- Technical
competencies:
- Leadership
abilities
- Communication
skills
- Analytical
skills
- Presentation
skills
- Keep abreast
with the change of regulatory environment
- General
competencies: Team player
How
to Apply
Applicants should email their applications attaching a detailed curriculum vitae and a letter indicating why they are interested in and are qualified for the position above, as well as provide the names of three referees who can provide confidential assessment of their capabilities to a Search Committee.
All
communication relating to applications for this position should be addressed
to: hf@preferredpersonnel.co.ke.
Applications
should be received by 3rd July 2013.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
On
the subject matter of the email, please indicate the position you are applying
for.