Regulatory Compliance Manager at M-KOPA

Job Purpose

• 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