Governance and Regulatory Manager at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

Reporting To: Head Legal & Regulatory

Role Purpose

• This role is responsible in ensuring all regulatory and government requirements are timely and accurately complied with; and maintain strategic relationship with government and regulatory stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic relationships with government officials, policymakers, and regulatory agencies, and regularly engaging with them to build trust and mutual interest, mitigate potential risks and protect company interests.
• Track and advise on important changes in regulatory, legislative or policy matters affecting the electricity sector and keeping internal stakeholders informed or involved appropriately.
• Help set and carry-out the public policy and advocacy agenda for the company, working collaboratively with other teams and executives to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Provide support on governance issues to the Board and Management.
• Represent and promote the Company principles and values in all industry interactions and communications and ensure the corporate brand is maintained. 
• Creating and implementing organizational policies, standards, and procedures to comply with applicable regulations and codes.
• Develop, implement, manage and embed the corporate governance and compliance framework for Ikeja Electric in line with the Board approved policies and the Codes.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements for Ikeja Electric and its affiliates
• Monitor and ensure regular review of Ikeja Electric processes in line with governance requirements.
• Ensure continuous awareness of all staff and other stakeholders of Ikeja Electric on corporate governance requirements and key regulatory changes.
• Entrench the corporate governance principles in both internal and external stakeholders as a way of Ikeja Electric carrying out its business
• Originate, organize and implement management agreed studies and investigations into methods and procedures to develop better governance practices.
• Periodic assessments of compliance with the established corporate governance policies, practices and procedures; and recommend ways to improve their effectiveness and eliminate observes weakness.
• Develop initiates, maintains and revises policy and procedures for the general operation of the Compliance Department and its related activities to prevent unethical conduct.
• Managing sustainability reporting and whistle-blowing.
• Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop /implement corrective plans for resolution of problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety requirements including objectives and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs.
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Head of the Department.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Management, Law or any Social Science related field.
• Experience in Corporate Administration & Planning
• Experience in Policy formulation and implementation
• Minimum of 5 ‐ 10 years experience with at least 5 years in a comparable role.
• Governance and Regulatory stakeholder experience will be an advantage.

Technical Competencies:

• Corporate Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Legal Advisory

Behavioral Competencies:

• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Supervisory/Managerial Skills
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus