Legal & Compliance Officer

About the role

A fast-growing cross-border payments and fintech company, licensed and regulated, is recruiting through LibraStrat Consulting Services for a junior lawyer with about three years of experience to join its Compliance unit. The role supports the Compliance Manager in keeping the business compliant with the rules that apply to a regulated payments company, working with Compliance, Treasury, Product, Engineering, Finance and Business Development teams and reporting to the Compliance Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements such as NDAs, partner and payout agreements, vendor and technology agreements, SLAs and client terms.
• Prepare customer-facing documents such as terms and conditions, privacy notices and consent wording, and keep a contract register and template library.
• Flag legal and regulatory risks in agreements and escalate non-standard terms; oversee internal agreements and policies for legal soundness and consistency.
• Review employee-facing documents with HR, such as employment contracts and the employee handbook, against Nigerian labour and data protection law.
• Support KYC/KYB, AML/CFT and sanctions programmes, including partner due diligence, and monitor regulatory changes.
• Help prepare regulatory filings, returns, licence applications and responses to regulators, carry out compliance monitoring and testing, and support incident handling.
• Deliver compliance awareness training and coordinate with external counsel where needed.

Required profile

• LL.B and call to the Nigerian Bar (B.L.).
• About 3 years of post-qualification experience in a legal or compliance role, ideally in fintech, banking, payments or a regulated business, or a law firm with a financial services practice.
• Proven experience drafting and reviewing commercial agreements.
• DCP certification, or enrolled and on track to complete it within an agreed period after joining.
• Good working knowledge of Nigerian data protection law, AML rules and financial services regulation.
• Clear, precise writing, attention to detail, and ability to work independently in a fast-moving, remote-first team.
• An advantage: knowledge of CBN requirements, FINTRAC and Canadian AML rules, or international sanctions regimes, and experience with cross-border payments, FX or remittance products.

What we offer

• A real role in building the legal and compliance foundation of a growing fintech.
• Direct access to the founders and the Compliance Manager, with room to grow.
• A competitive salary, with health insurance and other benefits in line with company policy.
• A remote-first team.

Candidates apply by sending their CV and a short cover letter stating the agreements they have drafted and their DCP status; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.