Accountant in charge of invoices

Responsable Juridique (H/F)

RMO, a temporary and temporary employment firm established in Africa, recruits for one of its clients, a company specialized in Human Resources, a Legal Manager. The position is based at Abidjan and is part of a full-time, telecommuting-free CDI and requires more than five years of experience.

RMO offers HR solutions adapted to companies in all sectors of activity: agro-industry, agri-food, telecoms, banking, insurance, oil, mining, industry, transit, service, NGOs, marine maintenance, transport and logistics. Its local teams control the employment pool and the economic market of their perimeter. The team dedicated to the recruitment of middle management profiles and expert professions puts its expertise at the service of the professional development of candidates.

Duties

In close collaboration with the Management, the Legal Officer will be primarily responsible for advising, proposing and participating in the validation of strategic legal recommendations for the company, thus allowing to comply with current legislation or anticipate regulatory changes. It also controls the registration of legal documents, such as minutes of meetings and the production of mandatory documents from listed companies.

To this end, it shall:

Advise the operational staff

Organize information and legal advice within the company. Provide support to operational staff in various forms: responses to tenders, drafting of framework agreements or negotiated procedures, commercial contracts, management of insurance and banking conditions in their legal aspects, general terms and conditions of sale, partnership contracts, subcontracting, etc. Analyze and propose legal arrangements, including monitoring, creation, transformation of companies or subsidiaries, asset sales, commercial leases. Analyze the legal risks of operations and make all employees aware of these risks. Participate in the negotiation of contracts with clients and service providers. Draft, validate and monitor contracts ensuring legal compliance. Organize a base of standard contracts (commercial, work, etc.).

Management of pre-litigation and litigation

Participate in the definition of pre-litigation and litigation management procedures in conjunction with the operational staff concerned and, where appropriate, with the help of external advice: debt recovery, litigation procedures, commercial disputes. Monitor litigation: assess its nature, monitor it, limit contentious action.

Preparation of legal documents and external representation

Represent the company and manage relations with the different actors: lawyers' councils, judicial commissioners, police bodies, regulatory bodies. Participate in the management and the examination of files with the various actors and ensure follow-up.

Setting up a legal watch

Organize a permanent legal watch on the activities of the company or customers by following both the evolution of national and international regulations as well as jurisprudence, so as to also inform the general management and / or operational directorates on the practices of other companies in the sector. Propose and participate in the selection of external expert firms to provide advice on specific topics. Validate the choice of legal databases corresponding to the specific activities of the company.

Other

Organize the collection of legal advice needs of all operational directorates: documentary sources, competitive intelligence, internal achievements.

Responsibilities

To supervise, evaluate and train the employees of the team under his responsibility.

Profile of the candidate

The holder of the position must have obtained a higher education at Master 1/2 or Master’s level in private law or equivalent, and justify seven (07) years of professional experience as a Legal Officer. He must have an excellent knowledge of commercial law, employment law, contract and company law, as well as legal proceedings and monitoring. Proficiency in the English language and office tools is highly desired.

This position requires an ability to advise the company on legal issues, to make representations to public or private bodies, to provide advice on dispute resolution procedures, to carry out a documentary watch (collection, analysis, etc.) and to constitute pleading files. It is recommended to be rigorous, objective, and to have a good capacity for analysis and synthesis, as well as strong editorial and managerial skills. In addition, the incumbent of the position must demonstrate a good sense of communication and argumentation, be proactive, responsive, available, and have convictions.

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