Compliance Manager at MTN Zambia

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a compliance universe for both regulatory obligation and policies and processes, that will be used as the base for development, enhancement, monitoring and oversight over compliance requirements in this space
• Hold relevant business units accountable for the implementation of effective strategies to ensure compliance to all relevant laws and regulations and policies and processes
• Stay abreast of all relevant compliance and regulatory requirements, assess the impact of these and assess whether the business is adequately informed to prepare for changes
• Work with the MTN Regulatory functions and provide input into Regulatory policies/regulations, legislative framework and future impact of new Regulatory policies and legislation – with a specific focus on the impact of such regulations or policies on MTN’s business
• Monitor the effective cascading of the Compliance strategy into the Compliance Monitoring business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing strategies
• Promote and support a risk minimizing culture in alignment with Compliance’s role as the second line of defense
• Monitor compliance to relevant laws and regulations and policies and processes, through the introduction and execution of an effective compliance program
• Provide input into development of new MTN policies.
• Implement standards for testing methodologies, techniques and procedures and conduct robust quality standard programme
• Deliver an effective second line of defence through the operationalization of the Compliance Monitoring and Testing model across MTN
• Monitor and report to MTN leadership on the compliance of best practice and processes
• Maintain continuous oversight of collection and dissemination of any regulatory, Compliance Monitoring and Testing and audit issues to provide ongoing reporting to the Head: Risk and Compliance
• Promote and support a risk minimizing culture in alignment with Compliance’s role as the second line of defense
• Lobby key stakeholders to shape and change policy and draft legislation impacting on Compliance

Candidates Requirements

• Minimum of 4-year tertiary degree
• MBA or master’s advantageous
• Relevant certification / accreditation / membership with professional body as required for role
• Minimum 5 years of Compliance Experience, with at least 3 years in an Enterprise Risk / Risk environment in a medium to large Organisation
• Experience in risk assessments is mandatory
• Experience in working across diverse cultures and geographies (advantageous)
• Understanding of risk environments for telecom industry sector is advantageous

Understanding of emerging markets is advantageous