ADILI GROUP
DEPUTY MANAGER
The Adili Group (Adili) is a leading Pan-African corporate advisory firm with two (2) key offerings:
- Adili Advisory—provides the highest-quality corporate, risk advisory and outsourcing services.
- Adili Private Clients—provides fiduciary and executor services to high-net-worth individuals.
With over 150 years of combined experience, we deliver tailored solutions in regulation and compliance, risk management, and improving business efficiency. We aim to support businesses in navigating the complexities of the corporate world.
We have an extensive regional footprint with offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, from where we coordinate our activities throughout the broader African market.
We have close links to East Africa’s largest independent law firm, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN Kenya), and ALN, an alliance of top-tier corporate law firms in 14 African countries and the UAE. This relationship lets our clients access the best commercial and legal minds. It also gives us the excellent capability to serve clients across diverse borders.
Experience and Personal Qualities.
We are looking for a diligent, hardworking and high performing individual. This role entails managing a significant portfolio of clients and providing end-to-end support to the clients on all company secretarial and corporate governance matters.
The ideal candidate is expected to be ambitious, mature and hardworking. This position requires a high level of attention to detail, a positive attitude, awareness of best practices on company secretarial and systems, flexibility, enthusiasm, dependability, discretion, and trustworthiness.
The role holder will contribute to the overall efficiency of the firm and help to shape our culture allowing us to attract the best talent and client relationships for years to come. The Responsibilities in more detail will be as below:
Job Responsibilities
- Provide Board and Board Committee meeting support services, including convening, attending the meetings and preparation of drafts sets of minutes.
- Provide support in the preparation for and attendance at Annual General Meetings.
- Monitor the compliance calendar, prompt clients and attend to the annual statutory corporate compliance for the companies in the portfolio, as required under the Companies Act.
- Making applications for work and residence permits on behalf of clients.
- Assisting in the incorporation and administration of Rwandan companies and foreign entities.
- Attend to changes in the registered office of companies, Board composition, beneficial ownership Articles of Association, company names, shareholding structure, making the relevant filings on the BRS platform and good record management to include updating the statutory registers and issuing share certificates as required.
- Assist in Board induction, Board trainings and Board Evaluations.
- Undertake governance audits.
- Training and mentorship of junior staff.
- Supervising work done by junior staff.
- Accountability for time through time recording.
- Assisting clients in ensuring that critical business information is dispatched to all directors to enable them to adequately execute their fiduciary duties;
- Providing guidance and assistance in the Business Development for Adili- Rwanda Office;
- Providing company migration and re-domiciliation advice and services.
Qualifications, Experience and Personal Qualities
This role will require a high-calibre and experienced professional with high levels of ambition and commitment.
- Graduate from a recognised university preferably with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or any other business-related discipline. Should also have the relevant professional qualifications.
- Minimum of six years’ in-depth company secretarial experience in a busy firm/company.
- Computer literacy with proficiency in Ms Word, Outlook, Ms PowerPoint and Ms Excel.
- Commercial awareness and a deep knowledge of the best corporate secretarial and corporate governance practices.
- Excellent understanding of corporate filing requirements and be adept at navigating the Business Procedures.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
- Basic knowledge of French would be an added advantage but not mandatory.
- Flexibility and ability to operate in a diverse environment, meticulousness, enthusiasm, dependability.
- Ability to adhere to the expectation of complete confidentiality on all business matters.
The role will be based Kigali, Rwanda, with potential travel within East Africa.
Interested candidates should send their cover letter and well detailed CV no later than October 22nd 2024 via the apply button below.
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