Legal and Compliance Manager at M-KOPA Nigeria

Job Title: Legal and Compliance Manager

Job Summary

• To manage the organization’s compliance activities in the countries we operate.

Key Job Functions

• Ensure M-KOPA’s operations are compliant with local and national laws, contractual, and shareholder obligations, as well as best practices.
• Serve as the Data Privacy Officer in Nigeria, responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with applicable data privacy legislation and best practices supported by the global privacy team.
• Undertake legal and regulatory research and assess and evaluate the impact of changes in applicable legislation and best international practices.
• Coordinate a program of training and capacity-building activities for employees across M-KOPA, covering all key areas of compliance policy and practice.
• Support the development and implementation of relevant policies, processes, and procedures, and maintain an appropriate review cycle.
• Partner with M-KOPA departments such as Legal, Internal Audit, EHS, and Risk Management to assess and ensure the effectiveness of control systems in driving compliance.
• Identify, understand, and escalate compliance risk events/issues in a timely manner and focus on fixing the root causes of the issues. Monitor the implementation status of agreed-upon action points aimed at driving compliance.
• Manage the compliance tools such as the compliance obligations register, the compliance training calendar, the compliance incident register, and the compliance risk register.
• Support in investor compliance, including implementation of ESMS, and participate in investor reporting on ESG aspects.
• Create and maintain documentation that demonstrates evidence of legal and regulatory compliance.
• Support in regulatory compliance, including the timely preparation and submission of regulatory filings such as annual returns, or a timely response to regulatory circulars
• Management of ESG will be an added advantage.
• Work flexibly and collaboratively across all teams in the organisation to ensure the greatest impact and effectiveness of the Compliance Team’s day-to-day work
• Undertake all other reasonable and related tasks associated with this role.

Experience, Skills, and Education

• 5+ years post-call to bar working experience in a compliance function.
• Experience in banking and finance is an added advantage.
• Undergraduate LLB degree.
• Working knowledge of compliance standards and regulations.
• Experience in risk management.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Communicate and collaborate with diverse team members.
• Generally structured and organized.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is Not Specified. Therefore qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION.” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy

Website:
Official Job Website: https://www.m-kopa.com/