Legal & Compliance Manager

Job Descriptions

• Ensure M-KOPA’s operations are compliant with local and national laws, contractual and shareholder obligations, and best practices.
• Serve as the Data Privacy Officer for M-KOPA’s West Africa markets, responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with applicable data privacy legislation and best practices supported by the global privacy team.
• Support on regulatory licensing and engagement across M-KOPA’s West Africa markets, including the Bank of Ghana and the Central Bank of Nigeria, ORC/GIPC/NCA filings in Ghana and CAC/NCC filings in Nigeria, and proactive monitoring of emerging regulatory developments affecting M-KOPA’s product and operational footprint across the region.
• 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 effectiveness of control systems in driving compliance.
• Identify, understand, and escalate compliance risk events/issues in a timely manner and focus on fixing root causes of the issues. Monitor implementation status of agreed action points aimed towards driving compliance.
• Manage the compliance tools such as compliance obligations register, compliance training calendar, compliance incident register and compliance risk register.
• Support investor compliance, including implementation of ESMS, and participate in investor reporting on ESG aspects.
• Support in regulatory compliance, including the timely preparation and submission of regulatory filings such as annual returns or timely response to regulator circulars
• 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.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including vendor contracts, service agreements, partnership arrangements