Senior Manager - Group Legal Finance at MTN

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Performance Areas:

The Senior Manager: Group Legal (Finance) will include (but not be limited to) the following:

• Implement, embed and execute the legal team’s risk management and compliance strategy.
• Identify, manage and advise of potential impact of legal and regulatory risks.
• Implement, embed and execute the legal team’s risk management and compliance strategy.
• Identify, manage and provide advisory services of potential impact of legal and regulatory risks.
• Liaise with and advise internal stakeholders, review and comment on RFPs. 
• Draft/ vet, negotiate and settle final versions of legal agreements and other documents (including engagement letters and proof of concept documents), 
• Project management and co-ordination, to ensure the successful closing of transactions and completion of post-closing tasks
• Prepare tactical reports as required, including reports to the Group Risk Committee, the Group Audit Committee and the Group Executive Committee.
• Manage external counsel, to ensure that the advice and guidance received is of the level required and appropriate, adequately addresses MTN’s risk and is provided on a cost- effective basis.
• Manage, and take ownership of, own matters without oversight, subject to escalations of key risks to the General Manager: M&A, the Group Chief Legal Counsel, the Executive: Group Treasury, the Executive: Group Mergers and Acquisitions and/ or other stakeholders. 
• Prepare a template reporting template in relation to financing transactions for completion by the Opco’s on a monthly basis, review the feedback received and report on key risks identified.
• Address and resolve Opco queries.
• Manage and participate in special projects undertaken by different business departments.
• Assist with business continuity and crisis management.

Role Dependencies

• Active support from the Group treasury team and the Group M&A team and other stakeholders, including the business and the Opcos
• Understanding of the MTN business strategy and operational environments
• Deep understanding of the relevant legal and compliance environments 
• Timely decision making and reporting 
• Alignment of internal stakeholders including the Group treasury team, the Group M&A team, the business and the Opcos
• Collaboration 

Responsibility towards: 

• Key customers: Group Legal & Regulatory, Group and OpCo Treasury teams, Group M&A, Group and OpCo business teams and management
• Key suppliers: Counterparties to transactions including financial institutions

QUALIFICATIONS

Job Requirements

Education:

• Minimum 4 year LLB degree
• LLM or other Masters degree advantageous
• Membership of relevant law society (and in good standing)   
• Fluent written and spoken English required
• Working knowledge of French advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience at a reputable law firm (in both banking and finance and in mergers and acquisitions)
• 3+ years of experience working in a medium to large corporate organisation advantageous
• Experience working across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous

Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of financial services and exchange control laws, regulations and policy required
• Strong knowledge of corporate laws, regulations and policies required
• Good working knowledge of stock exchange and anti-trust laws, regulations and policies required
• Strategy formulator, decisive problem solver, value creator
• Results achiever, operationally astute