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Job title : Head, Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : October 06, 2024
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Job Description:
- To interface with the Telecom Regulator and other relevant Regulatory Authorities for the purpose of ensuring the continuity of its licensed endeavors and operations.
Job Responsibilities:
Management of Regulatory issues including provision of advisory support on business operations:
- Proffer timely advice on business activities with regulatory implications.
- Drive planned business strategy for the successful delivery of AOP target.
- Collaborate with other business functions in the development of business models and process development towards attainment of organizational goals.
- Proactively identify and advise business on potential regulatory issues and commercial trends.
- Engage the NCC to ensure to maintenance of a level playing field and fair allocation of resources in the industry.
- Ensure that the business complies with a regulatory guidelines and submissions on time.
Guide Commercial Group from Product Conception to Launch:
- Work with and guide relevant departments from conception of product to launch to ensure compliance to extant regulations.
- Interface with relevant regulatory bodies to ensure Airtel is abreast of and compliant to changes in extant regulations.
- Assist in researching, developing and proposing regulatory interventions for adoption by the NCC.
- Establish and maintain a database of products developed and issued by Airtel, and an archive of the documentation submitted for their approval.
Design, coordinate and manage processes for internal compliance with regulatory prescriptions (technical & commercial):
- Define minimum service levels (SLA) for internal stakeholder compliance with regulatory prescriptions to ensure sanctions are not imposed against Airtel Nigeria.
- Design internal processes for holistic evaluation of regulatory compliance levels and manage the process to ensure they are followed.
- Drive end-to-end implementation of regulatory prescriptions to maximize business benefits.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation, across functions to meeting compliance requirements.
Regulatory support to internal stakeholders:
- Process and obtain requisite approvals from NCC for tariffs, products & services, as well as Confirmation of Reasonableness of Service Fees.
- Obtain Promo Approvals from relevant overlap regulatory authorities.
- Assurance of the fulfillment of responsibilities in relation to external liaison (CDR requests from security agencies and subscribers).
Monitoring and maintaining a database of all Regulatory compliance activities:
- Define minimum service levels (SLA) for internal stakeholder compliance with NCC prescription to ensure sanctions are not imposed against Airtel.
- Develop and maintain a Regulatory Compliance Dashboard and Risk Register.
- Collate and ensure timely submission of Group Compliance Reports.
Required Education, Experience and Skillsets:
- A first degree in Law, Economics or Engineering. Preferably a Law degree.
- Master’s in business administration or a higher degree in any of the above disciplines would be an advantage.
- Ten (10) years of varied experience in Law, Engineering or Economics with five (5) years of relevant experience in Telecommunications industry.
- Sound understanding and knowledge of Telecom Regulatory environment.
- Extensive knowledge of Nigerian telecom, business environment.
- Previous employment with Nigerian Communications Commission.
- Ability to deliver in a changing business environment.
- Ability to communicate and influence team direction without formal authority.
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