- Company: Nextzon Business Services Limited
- Location: Lekki, Lagos
- Job type: Full-time
- Deadline: 20 November 2026
About the role
Nextzon Business Services Limited is an emerging market management consulting and enterprise development company. We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Compliance Specialist to support compliance oversight across our businesses. This full-time role is based in Lekki, Lagos.
The successful candidate will help ensure that the Group and its operating entities comply with applicable laws, regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, internal policies, and established governance standards. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working in a group of companies or holding company environment, who can navigate multiple business entities and coordinate compliance activities across different operations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate compliance monitoring and risk management activities across the Group’s operating entities.
- Identify applicable regulatory requirements and maintain an up-to-date register of compliance obligations.
- Conduct targeted compliance reviews, risk assessments, and control evaluations.
- Investigate discrepancies, suspected breaches, irregularities, and non-compliance, documenting findings and recommending corrective actions.
- Monitor compliance with relevant data protection, information security, contractual, ethical, and regulatory requirements.
- Assess the applicability of anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, and other financial crime controls to the Group’s business activities.
- Develop and review compliance policies, procedures, monitoring checklists, and reporting templates.
- Track identified compliance gaps and follow up on agreed corrective and preventive actions.
- Prepare periodic compliance reports for management, highlighting material risks, emerging issues, and outstanding actions.
- Support compliance awareness programmes and promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and responsible business conduct.
- Leverage AI tools and digital technologies to improve regulatory research, risk analysis, documentation, reporting, and compliance monitoring.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk Management, Information Technology, or another relevant discipline.
- Approximately three (3) to six (6) years of relevant experience in compliance, risk management, internal control, audit, regulatory affairs, or a related field.
- Demonstrable experience working in, or currently working with, a group of companies or holding company. Experience coordinating compliance across subsidiaries or multiple business units will be a strong advantage.
- Practical experience in compliance reviews, risk assessments, investigations, control testing, or regulatory monitoring.
- Strong proficiency in AI tools, with the ability to apply them effectively to research, data analysis, document review, reporting, workflow automation, and productivity improvement.
- Good knowledge of regulatory compliance principles, corporate governance, and risk-based control practices.
- Excellent analytical, investigative, communication, report-writing, and problem-solving skills.
- High integrity, professional discretion, attention to detail, and sound judgement.
- The ability to manage multiple assignments, work independently, meet tight deadlines, and engage effectively with stakeholders across different businesses.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Relevant professional certifications in compliance, risk management, anti-money laundering, data protection, information security, or internal audit will be an added advantage.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should click here to apply online. Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter highlighting your experience in a group or holding company environment, relevant compliance achievements, and practical application of AI tools. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The application deadline is 20th November, 2026.
