Legal & Compliance Operations Executive

About the role

The Legal & Compliance Operations Executive will act as the central coordinator for the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) department, ensuring smooth day‑to‑day operations, accurate documentation, and timely regulatory filings. This role blends process management, document control, and administrative support to keep the department compliant and efficient.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, implement and continuously improve SOPs and workflows for contract lifecycle, regulatory submissions, licensing renewals and internal approvals.
• Maintain process registers, track adherence, identify gaps and recommend corrective actions.
• Oversee the GRC document library, ensuring version control, proper filing (physical and digital) and easy retrieval of contracts, agreements, licences and regulatory filings.
• Support the contract management system, including workflow configuration and accurate indexing of executed contracts.
• Compile information and assist in preparing regulatory and product registration submissions, tracking licence renewal timelines to avoid lapses.
• Liaise with external counsel, notaries, government offices and translation firms on administrative matters.
• Manage tracking systems such as matter trackers, deadline calendars and action logs, and provide general administrative support, including preparation of presentations and reports.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree qualification; professional certificates in legal administration, paralegal studies or records management are a plus.
• Prior experience in process documentation, records or document management is highly advantageous.
• Strong organisational abilities with a structured, detail‑oriented approach.

Required skills