Consultant - Company Finance

MTNs purpose is to enable the benefits of a modern connected life to everyone. The MTN Group Strategy is anchored in building the largest and most valuable platform business with a clear focus on Africa. This rests on a scale connectivity and infrastructure business – mobile and fixed access networks in the consumer, enterprise, wholesale segments and platform business. 
The role must therefore ensure successful delivery in the context of:
-    Diversifying telco-to-techco landscape.
-    Constant dynamics and local challenges in the economic, regulatory and legal environments and evolving industry ecosystems.
-    Fostering close collaboration with external and internal role players across multiple spheres of stakeholders who may, at times, have competing interests.
-    Maintaining high standards of governance, business integrity, ethics and professionalism that MTN operates within. 
-    Driving growth through business intelligence and standardization to maximize business impact.
-    Multi geographic landscape and cultural context.
-    Management of demanding customer and supplier expectations.
-    Enhancing MTN reputational position as a leading secure, reliable and safe network and system provider.
-    Assisting the MTN Subsidiary Boards and management in protecting the assets, reputation and sustainability of the organisation for MTN to accomplish its objectives.

We at MTN are a purpose and value-led organisation. At MTN, we believe that understanding our people's needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, everyday. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y'ello Family is heard, understood and empowered to live an inspired life. 
Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA.
As an organisation, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us
Our commitments go beyond an organisational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers and stakeholders with a vision to realise our shared goals.
Live Y'ello

•    Lead with Care

•    Can-do with Integrity

•    Collaborate with Agility

•    Serve with Respect

•    Act with Inclusion

The Consultant: Company Secretary role will support the Deputy: Company Secretary to achieve the following objectives:

Operational Delivery
Governance and compliance
-    Support the co-ordination of governance structures across Operating subsidiaries and entities (Opco's).
-    Support and enable compliance for various exchange authorities' requirements including preparation of the annual compliance documents.
-    Review and update governance documents (e.g. Memoranda of Incorporation and Articles of Association, or equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction, Board and committees' terms of references, policies) to ensure alignment with the regulatory changes.
-    Coordinate the review of governance documents and frameworks (e.g. Shareholders Agreements etc) with various stakeholders within the Opco as well as 

Ensure that annual declaration of director's interests is prepared and ensure that Opco's comply with the Group's standards, including the Decision-Making Framework, in relation to declaration of interests.
-    Ensure that Director training is scheduled and delivered on an annual basis.

Governance Efficiencies
Ensure that there is an overall improvement in efficiencies in Cosec operations within the Opcos: 
-    Review meeting agendas, board packs in advance and discuss with Deputy Company Secretary in preparation for sign-off with governance forum heads.
-    Ensure the year planner is managed and circulated timeously to stakeholders and that the Opco Cosecs implement the year planners as approved by the Board.
-    Monitor the submission of papers and documents from relevant stakeholders according to engagement calendars and ensure timeous circulation of meeting packs.
-    Track attendance to meetings and proxies and ensure proper recording of minutes and preparation of action points within reasonable period after each meeting.
-    Ensure appropriate localisation and harmonisation of DMFs so that so that decision making is effective and coherent with outcomes required by Group.
-    Ensure that issues raised, and solutions agreed to within forums are implemented and communicated and resolutions are appropriate and circulated to correct stakeholders.
-    Coordinate all projects that affect the companies including reviewing of articles and related governance structures.
-    Advise on effective filing repository where information confidentiality and compliance principles are maintained and required information can be accessed speedily by required stakeholders.
-    Support Opco Cosec with the registration of new entities and monitoring the registration status to ensure compliance.

Education:
-    Minimum 4-year Bachelor's Degree (CIS/Bachelor's Degree in Commerce/Legal)
-    Company Secretary professional registration preferred
-    Fluent in spoken English

Experience:
-    Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a legal function or a company secretary function.
-    Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships.
-    Experience in communicating across various levels of organisations.
-    Experience working in environments with changing priorities
-    Experience working in a medium to large organisation

Capabilities:
-    Conceptual Thinker, Problem Solver, Improvement Driver