Legal & Compliance Associate

• Review, redline and negotiate NDAs, partner and vendor agreements, banking and payment-provider contracts, and service agreements in French and English.
• Draft from templates and build a bilingual playbook of standard positions, fallback clauses and red lines.
• Translate legal and regulatory documents between French and English.
• Provide clear recommendations on whether documents should be signed and with what changes.
• Prepare and review licence applications, regulator correspondence and responses to information requests in Cameroon and the CEMAC zone.
• Track regulatory change in Cameroon and the CEMAC zone and assess implications for products and licences.
• Review and maintain AML/CFT policies, KYC procedures and compliance documents.
• Manage company secretarial work for the Cameroon entity, including incorporation documents, filings, board resolutions and statutory registers.
• Manage external counsel in Cameroon, including scope, quality and costs.
• Support the Cameroon country manager, partnerships and operations with practical legal input.
• Maintain a live tracker of owned documents and filings, including status, blockers and next dates.

• A law degree; admission to the bar or an equivalent professional qualification is welcome but not required.
• Roughly 3–6 years reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, in a law firm, in-house or in a compliance function.
• Excellent French and English, written and spoken.
• Ability to redline a contract, write to a regulator and run a negotiation call in either language.
• Sound commercial judgement.
• Clear, short writing and ability to summarise complex agreements for non-lawyers.
• Working knowledge of Cameroonian law across both civil-law and common-law systems.
• Evidence of high agency, self-drive, ownership, initiative, independent problem-solving, fast learning and reliability.
• Experience in fintech, payments, mobile money, banking or digital assets is a plus.
• Hands-on payment or e-money licensing experience, or direct dealings with BEAC, COBAC or the Ministry of Finance, is a plus.
• Knowledge of OHADA company and commercial law is a plus.
• Experience with AML/CFT, data protection or sanctions compliance is a plus.
• Experience managing external counsel is a plus.

• Health insurance for you and your immediate family
• Gym membership
• Business-related expenses covered
• Other benefits in line with company policy