Head, Regulatory Affairs & Compliance at Airtel

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.