Job Vacancy for Lead Specialist, Regulatory – MTN Ghana Job

MTN Ghana is recruiting and has a Job Vacancy for a Lead Specialist, Regulatory. Read the full details of the job and apply if you qualify for the vacant position.
Division: Corporate Services
Department: Regulatory (Finco)
Location: Accra
Position: Lead Specialist, Regulatory – (Finco)
Level: MTN Level 3H
Reports to: Chief Corporate Services Officer/CEO, Mobile Money LTD (MML)
Job Summary: Job Vacancy for Lead Specialist, Regulatory – MTN Ghana Job
Responsible for providing expert advice and managing Fintech/Financial Services legal and regulatory compliance, processes and policies. The role scope includes regulatory compliance related to current and emerging financial technology platforms and related regulatory and legal compliance.
Job Role
- Provide legal and regulatory guidance to manage compliance and regulatory standards for Mobile Money Limited (MML).
- Develop and drive Regulatory affairs and government and stakeholder relations strategy for MML.
- Prepare terms and conditions governing MML applications pursuant to applicable laws.
- Understand the impact of potential changes driven by the local regulation, industry, marketplace, and/or legal environment and provide guidance for leadership decision making.
- Provide guidance on compliance with a range of laws, regulations, and industry rules regarding MML.
- Coordinate and research regulatory approvals and input into proposed legislation, policies, and regulations.
- Review and analyze proposed or new laws and regulations, and/or lobbying efforts relevant to the FinTech industry, consumer rights and the role of financial data aggregators, and laws that potentially implicate regulated financial institutions
- Provide guidance to MML of evolving regulatory and compliance trends in the local and global Fintech ecosystem, related impact and proactive interventions.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to position Public Relations and Communications across multiple channels for the entity.
- Renewal processes preparation including all licenses and the management of all activities related to renewal decision.
- Provide timely, concise, and business-focused legal and regulatory advice in areas including evolving Fintech and related regulations.
- Develop and drive comprehensive review and assessment of new financial products and initiatives, balancing risk and business objectives.
- Work cross-functionally and with external counsel. Keep internal stakeholders abreast of important industry consumer protection laws and other product-related regulations.
- Reporting related to scope to internal and external stakeholders and governance bodies
Context :
· Dynamic and evolving Fintech/Financial Services industry
· Multi-regulated and multifaceted stakeholder management
· Public Listed Organization
· Environmental, social and governance prioritized
· Partnerships at the core of business practices
· Platform business
· Subsidiary company
Foundational Skills Proficiency Required
Strategic Planning & Thinking
- Lead and direct a strategic planning team to address and outline the future direction of an organization
- Establish strategic performance measures to allow the organization to continually assess and adjust program direction
- Explain the strategic direction of the organization to others
Critical Thinking
Critically compare different points of view
Identify the linkage of actions to achieving outcomes
Apply formal methods and strategies to enhance creative thought
Effectively analyze situations and collect input to make informed decision
Analytical Thinking
- Identify options and solutions for addressing problem analyzed
- Identify solutions to problems by identifying and evaluating various option developed and select the most effective solution
- Draw logical and objective conclusions from given data sets and validate them as the prime cause and contributing causes.
Decision Making based on Decision Modelling
- Able to match appropriate solutions to a variety of business needs / demands. Consistently “thinks ahead” when making decisions and seeks to preempt possible solutions
- Takes ultimate responsibility for key decisions within the areas of responsibility.
- Strongly contributes to effective problem solving and decision making and is clearly accountable and seeks to effectively manage risk.
- Ability to build decision models to analyze and solve basic to intermediate problems
Integrated Analytics
- Expertise in behavioral information and technical data; adopt analytics to make a strong contribution to leadership for problem solving and decision-making processes.
- Influence organizational strategy based on big data.
Education
- LLB
- Professional certification (BL)
· Minimum 8 years relevant experience in a similar position with at least 5 years’ experience in Government relations, Regulatory and/or stakeholder engagement function/activity at a managerial level. Experience in a regulated industry.
· Experience in defining and executing legal and regulatory affairs strategies, policies, and frameworks in a scalable/large scale Financial Services multi-country environment
· Considerable exposure and participation in negotiations and drafting of transactions documents (locally and internationally)
· Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise
Professional/Technical competencies:
· Legal (Corporate & Commercial law, Litigation, M&A Legal Advisory, Legal Due Diligence, Negotiation & Deal review, Legal analysis, Dispute Management, Labour & employment law, IP law & legislation)
· Excellent communication; presentation, reporting and writing skills
- Conceptual thinking
- Contract Management
- Information Management
- Legislation and Compliance
- Negotiation
- Financial and Commercial Acumen
- Policy Design and Development
- Project Planning and Control
- Research Orientation
- Stakeholder Relations Management
- Fintech Business Savvy
- Computer literacy – MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Skills / physical competencies:
- Ability to manage self and team performance, good conflict management and dispute resolution
- Energy & Drive – Innovative, takes initiative, result oriented and develops self consistently.
- Interpersonal Skills Leadership, customer centricity, collaborative and coaches & develops direct reports
- Personal Skills – Trustworthy, integrity in dealings
- Operating Skills – Ability to focus on priorities and plans, manages and monitors work effectively
- Organizational Positioning Skills – Good written and verbal communication, presentation Skills, commitment to the organization
- Global thinker, Analytical thinking, and Problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to align MTN Group standards to local regulatory environments
- Stakeholder Influencer
- Emotional Maturity
- Good networking skills
- Facilitation Skills
NB: The Incumbent must maintain strict confidentiality always.
How to Apply for the Job Vacancy for Lead Specialist, Regulatory
1. Qualified applicants should indicate vacancy number MTN-CSD-ADTRACK001) as the email subject.
2. Interested and qualified applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae by 6th June 2022 to: [email protected] and save their CVs in their names
3. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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