Legal Manager – Documentation Jobs – DFCU Bank

Job Title:            Legal Manager-Documentation
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Legal
& Compliance
About US:
DFCU bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of
innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth
Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of
Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of
Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in
DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners
with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to
support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not
appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: The Legal
Manager-Documentation will oversee all the Bank’s contracting processes,
including legal documentation, review and drafting of business and supplier
contracts, appraisal, preparation and structuring of sanctioned credit
facilities, monitoring and evaluation of compliance with financial, credit and
commercial terms.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Tasked
    with drafting of contracts, Memoranda or documents required by the
    Bank in the contracting process, including non-standardized credit deals
    that involve unique terms and conditions.
  • Keenly
    review and appraise complex credit files and documents prepared by the
    Credit Documentation Unit to ensure compliance with sanctioned credit
    terms;
  • Profile
    and perform a legal overall due diligence on the Bank contracting parties,
    borrowers, customers and all the applicable correspondences and
    legal documentation.
  • Resource
    and be a reference for the Bank projects and Procurement teams, Credit
    Documentation Unit and Relationship Managers in respect of all Bank
    contracts, deal structuring and documentation matters;
  • Fast
    track the due execution, enforcement and custody of all the Bank service
    provider contracts and any other legal relationship.
  • Perform
    any other duties as assigned by the Legal Manager from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the DFCU Legal
    Manager-Documentation job opportunity must hold a University Law.
  • Possession
    of a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
  • Enrolled
    Advocate of the High Court with a practice of over four years.
  • Extensive
    knowledge in Banking and Finance is an added advantage.
  • Exposure
    of working in a busy private law firm or bank handling large
    commercial transactions.
  • Good
    grasp and in-depth knowledge of the principles and laws governing Banking
    & Corporate Law, Leasing/asset finance, Laws governing Land &
    Mortgages among others
  • Knowledge
    of the law and best practice on repossession, realization security
    and receiverships.
  • Good
    legal research skills.
  • Computer
    literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Word, excel and other applications
    incidental thereto.
  • Self-motivated
    and result orientated with ability to make appropriate decisions
    when called for.
  • Ability
    to work long hours with minimum or no supervision.
How to Apply:
All candidates who so wish to join the banking sector in the
aforementioned capacity are encouraged to send their applications with detailed
CVs including present position and copies of relevant professional/academic
certificates to: Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com
Deadline: 10th May 2017

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