Top level Counsel, Compliance-related Affairs at Mastercard Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria

Overview

MasterCard’s Worldwide Compliance-related team is in charge of coordinating with with key authorities and law enforcement authorities in order to preventing or minimizing the effect of adverse rules on the organization’s profit margin and opportunity for advancement. This role will answer to the Support General Counsel, Compliance-related for Eastern Europe and Middle East Africa (“EEMEA”) based in Johannesburg. This role is part of the Worldwide Compliance-related team from a operational viewpoint and EEMEA compliance-related team from a regional viewpoint.

Position

The Top level Counsel, Compliance-related Middle East and Africa position will help in coordinating various compliance-related matters arising in the Eastern Europe and Middle East Africa (EEMEA) region of Mastercard.

This individual will:

• Assist the development and implementation of compliance-related plan in the region
• Proactively engage with central banks across the region to improve Mastercard’s corporate plan across markets
• Engage on the on-time delivery of compliance-related filings/entry and formulate responses to requests in accordance with internal workflows and standardized processes
• Mentor the company by offering compliance-related guidance on various matters arising at the individual country level in addition to the region level
• Engage in multi dimensional projects across business units/regions, successfully navigating throughout the company by teaming up productively with individuals from other departments and delive ring outcomes
• Engage in the defense of the organization in proceedings or quasi- proceedings with authorities in the region
• Analyzing and recognizing EEMEA and country level compliance-related risk and assist the teams with
• evaluating and executing regulates to reduce risk risks
• Work in close partnership with the EEMEA Government relations, Data Confidentiality and Region Counsel teams
• Work alongside the worldwide compliance-related teams on key compliance-related progress updates

All About You

• LLB or JD from an established and reputable law school
• Outstanding documented and spoken communication verbal abilities a must.
• Expertise in a compliance-related role in a corporation, affiliation or government circumstance and/or as a compliance-related attorney in a law firm (ideally in the payments industry, banking or financial solutions sector)
• Expertise in financial and/or payments operational structures and solutions rules
• Expertise in submitting application for compliance-related permits
• Demonstrated achievement in navigating multi-national entities and operating productively within a multifaceted diverse company
• Must show a initiative-driven, time sensitive, outcomes driven approach in carrying out all obligations, obligations and duties