Market Regulatory Lead at Airtel Nigeria

Job Title: Market Regulatory Lead

Job Identification: 517

Location: Lagos

Job Type: Full-time

About Airtel Nigeria:

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

Job Description

The purpose of the Market Regulation Lead is:

To interface with the Telecoms Regulator and other relevant regulatory authorities for the purpose of ensuring the continuity of its licensed endeavors and operations.
To secure a regulatory framework that supports the business case.
To manage risks and opportunities arising from the regulatory environment for the benefit of the company.
Monitor and ensure business compliance with regulatory prescriptions.

Responsibilities

Management of Regulatory issues including provision of advisory support on business issues

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 the maintenance of a level playing field and fair allocation of resources in the industry

Proactively engage the NCC in the development of best practice policies, regulations, guidelines and standards on technical, consumer affairs, competition, universal service and market evolution issues:

Coordinate and ensure acceptance of Airtel Nigeria’s input to key regulatory interventions by the NCC.
Engage industry associations and motivate for their buy-in to Airtel Nigeria’s position on NCC driven regulatory interventions with the purpose of establishing a best practice regime.
Proactively research and propose regulatory interventions for adoption by the NCC.
Ensure that Airtel accesses the benefits of Nigeria’s USPF subsidy/interventions

Design, co-ordinate and manage processes for internal compliance to regulatory prescriptions (technical & commercial):

Define minimum service levels (SLA) for internal stakeholder compliance to 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 to applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation, across functions to meet compliance requirements

Regulatory support to internal stakeholders:

Process and obtain requisite approval from the NCC for tariffs, products & services.
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)

Advise on and monitor compliance with terms of the Unified Service Access Licence (UASL), 3G, 4G, & 5G Licences, and Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and other regulations made pursuant thereto:

Periodically scan the environment to identify risks and provide strategy for ameliorating same in respect to licenses held by Airtel.
Develop and maintain beneficial relationships with strategic regulatory bodies to ensure sanctions are not imposed on Airtel.
Develop and issue end to end processes to ensure license conditions are met.
Co-ordinate Nigeria’s input to group strategy on renewal, modification and variation of existing licenses, where necessary

Co-ordinate Airtel’s inputs to periodic Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), State Lottery Boards, Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) interventions – Standards, Guidelines and Regulations:

Research, develop and contribute to group position papers with a view to providing Nigeria sensitive inputs.
Collaborate with user functions to develop inputs and responses to regulatory interventions by overlapping regulatory agencies.
Monitor and ensure achievement of defined group objectives as it relates to USPF.
Provide guidance and ensure that necessary permits, licenses, and concessions are obtained from overlap regulatory agencies in relation to lotteries/promotions.

Monitoring and maintaining a database of all Regulatory compliance activities:

Define minimum service levels (SLA) for internal stakeholder compliance to NCC prescriptions to ensure sanctions are not imposed against Airtel.
Develop and maintain a Regulatory Compliance Dashboard and Risk Register
Collate and ensure the timely submission of Group Compliance reports

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications & Functional / Technical Skills:

First Degree in Law, Economics or Social Sciences. Preferably a Law Degree.
Masters in Business Administration or a higher degree in any of the above disciplines would be a preferred additional qualification

Relevant Experience:

8 years of varied experience in law, economics or social sciences with ~ 6 years of relevant experience in the Telecommunications field
Sound understanding and knowledge of the Regulatory environment.
Extensive knowledge of the Nigerian telecoms industry, business environment.
Previous employment with the Nigerian Communications Commission would be an added advantage.

Other requirements: