Head of Legal and Compliance

Eleving Group is where you can be yourself.

We do things our way – we call it Eleway – it means with a startup culture and corporate performance, we’re mature yet fun. We are open, honest, and human. Yes, we are hungry for success and dedicated to work, but we also know how to celebrate our victories and enjoy the rewarding moments.

We believe each of us has a business-owner mindset, and we learn and grow fast as individuals and as a company – within the first year of founding in Latvia, we expanded to all the Baltics and kept growing in the following years, and now we have a talented team of 2600 professionals in three continents. Yes, we truly are international – it means you can start your career path in Latvia and end up in any other of the 16 countries we operate in.

As a Head of Legal and Compliance you will be a key leader responsible for overseeing and coordinating the legal and compliance functions across Your designated region – Kenya, Africa Hub. The role involves ensuring Eleving operations in Kenya align with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring legal compliance, mitigating risks, and providing strategic guidance to the Management Team as well as maintaining Company reputation.

The position is based in Vilnius HQ with frequent travelling to Kenya and direct reporting to Eleving Africa Hub CEO.

The ideal candidate should have experience in fintech, finance or related environment, with a deep understanding legal regulations and compliance requirements.

What you will do:

• Manage and develop a small team of legal professionals (Team based in Kenya)
• Build, manage relationships and work closely with external law firms, regulatory authorities, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Review, draft and negotiate documents and agreements relating to funding from global institutional investors, effectively manage litigation and conflict resolution cases
• Oversee and ensure compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements to respective supervising authorities
• Monitor draft laws and changes in legislation and coordinate actions required to ensure compliance and adequate controls
• Ensure regulatory compliance and implement best corporate governance practices
• Address legal risks and issues proactively, think creatively across end-to-end processes and lead or take active part in cross-functional teams to incorporate legal aspects and controls across business operations

What you will do:

• Excellent understanding of corporate, commercial, and financial law
• At least five-year experience in a legal position in an international company or a law firm
• Previous specialization in consumer finance services or other highly regulated business sector will be considered as a benefit
• Strong business mind set and ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organization
• High level analytical skills, responsibility, and stress resistance
• Excellent project management skills and ability to solve non-standard situations, set priorities and meet the deadlines
• Accuracy and self-dependency regarding the fulfilment on work duties by keeping focus on details
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

With us you will get:



• Excellent opportunity to build an impactful legal practice and team essential for scalable business
• Lead change and improve operations and practices without being burdened by bureaucracy
• Approachable and resourceful management team
• Multicultural professional team
• Friendly and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation and Company established benefits