Jobs at Moniepoint Incorporated

Job Purpose

• You are the commercial architect behind Moniepoint’s most strategic deals. As our Senior Legal Counsel for Contracts, you ensure we move fast and innovate without compromising on security or compliance.
• This role isn't just about "spotting risks"—it’s about finding creative, factual, and simple ways to help the business achieve its goals.
• You will lead our approach to complex technology agreements, corporate finance, and M&A, ensuring that every contract we sign reflects our mastery and protects our mission to create financial happiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Deal: Drive the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements, from SaaS and licensing to payment partnerships.
• Master the Details: Provide clear, jargon-free legal guidance on contractual risk and liability. You explain the "why" behind the "what."
• Build for Scale: Create and maintain contract templates and playbooks that make our legal processes efficient and consistent across the globe.
• Protect our IP: Advise on intellectual property, licensing structures, and data protection to ensure Moniepoint’s innovations stay ours.
• Drive Growth: Lead legal support for corporate finance, including debt and equity financing, and manage the legal lifecycle of M&A and investment deals.
• Partner with Experts: Collaborate with finance, strategy, and external advisors to ensure our transactions are executed with precision.
• Operational Excellence: Monitor our contractual health, ensuring we meet our obligations and stay ahead of regulatory shifts.

What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months)

• Efficient Playbooks: You’ve launched a suite of contract templates that have reduced negotiation time for our commercial teams.
• Seamless M&A: You’ve successfully led the legal workstream for at least one major strategic transaction or financing round.
• Trusted Partnership: Business leaders view you as a "growth enabler" rather than a "blocker," seeking your advice early in the deal-making process.
• Risk Clarity: Our contractual risk profile is clearly documented, understood by the board, and managed proactively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and a Qualifying Certificate from the Nigerian Law School.
• 8 - 11 years of experience in commercial law, with a focus on technology and complex contract negotiations.
• Demonstrated success in leading corporate finance and M&A transactions.
• A deep understanding of the fintech or banking regulatory landscape.
• Mastery in drafting documents that are clear, simple, and legally robust.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a fast-growth scale-up or global fintech environment.
• Proven ability to manage high-value transactions across multiple jurisdictions.

About You:

• You’re a Master of Context: You apply systems thinking to legal problems, balancing strict compliance with business reality.
• You’re Relatable: You don’t hide behind "legalese." You speak the same language as our product and business teams.
• You have Grit: You’re comfortable with the pressure of high-stakes deals and have the momentum to see them through to the finish line.
• You’re Honest: You tell us the truth about risks, but you always bring a solution to the table.
• You’re a Creator: You enjoy building better systems, not just following old ones.

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Position Summary

• The Logistics and distribution lead of the POS Supply chain is a strategic and data-driven role within the POS Channel responsible for managing the end-to-end (first, mid, and last mile) logistics and distribution of over four million POS terminals.
• This position ensures the efficient, timely, and cost-effective movement of terminals from international procurement through to final deployment across the Distribution Network and Moniepoint Service Center (MSC) networks, while maintaining seamless deployment and owning the cost management for all distribution and logistics operations.

Key Responsibilities
International Shipment Management:

• Oversee the shipment of POS terminals from China via third-party freight
• forwarders.
• Enforce the standard sea shipping TAT of a maximum of 60 days.
• Actively track shipments and drive performance with forwarders to avoid air shipping.

Procurement & Cost Efficiency:

• Coordinate the formal bidding process for freight rates upon payment, liaising
• with the Partnerships team to secure the best value.
• Select and manage relationships with local logistics partners.

Domestic Distribution & Network Management:

• Ensure seamless handover and distribution from the central warehouse to
• the Distribution Network through aligned local logistics partners.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and logistics partners to manage mid-mile (hub drop-off) and last-mile distribution to Moniepoint Service Centres.

Faulty Device Reverse Logistics:

• Ensure faulty devices are removed from the Distribution network and returned to repair centers within 7 working days of reporting.
• Manage the redeployment of QA-approved, repaired terminals back into the
• DNS network within 7 days of release from the Inventory Support Officer.

Team Leadership & Operational Excellence:

• Lead the internal POS logistics team, setting clear goals for tracking and driving TAT.
• Continuously improve processes for operational efficiency across the entire supply chain.

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: 5 - 7 years of experience in logistics, distribution, or supply chain management, with at least 3 years in a senior role.
• Proven experience in international freight management, Third-Party Logistics management, and domestic last-mile distribution.
• Hands-on experience with reverse logistics
• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making abilities.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.