General Manager - Legal and Regulatory Corporate Services at MTN

RESPONSIBILITIES

Budget Management

• Forecast, plan, developand review OPEX and CAPEX budgets within agreed parameters.
• Manage and optimise the budget, ensuringall expenditure is in line with the agreed budgets

Operational effectiveness

• Provide a broad frameworkto ensure resourcesare obtained, used and coordinated in a way that allowsthe company to achieve its mission.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on regulations, legislation or public policies that will impacton MTN and its business.
• Lobby key stakeholders influential in shapingand changing publicpolicy and draft regulations/legislation within the framework of MTN stakeholder engagement policy.
• Negotiate with other network operatorsin relation to interconnection, facilities sharing and othernon-competitive public policy issues.
• Draft, vet and submit MTN submissions on draft regulations, legislation, public policiesand ministerial directives.
• Influence and manageregulatory entities to ensure that MTN remains top of mind on these regulatory entities
• Manage and monitormobile telecoms market opportunities through insights from competitor and industryanalysis.
• Provide regulatory and compliance relatedinput into the development of operational plans and strategies of other businessunits.
• Provide inputinto and sign off of BRS and URS documentation from regulatory, legal and economicperspective.
• Assist MTN mergers and acquisitions initiatives with regulatory input such as due diligence and assessment.
• Oversee the management and review of advice to the business on technical regulatory compliance issues such as Radio Frequency Spectrum; Radio Frequency Migration Plans; IMT Roadmap; World Radio Conference; Numbering Plans, Mobile Number Portability (MNP), amongst others.
• Provide strategicAdvice (Interconnection, Facilities Leasing, Essential Facilities and Relevant Markets)as appropriate, including:
• Advice on short and long term interconnect strategy and coordinating with Other BU’s to facilitate interconnection strategy
• Provide input into interconnect working groups relating to interconnection frameworks 
• Manage regulatory threatsto MTN business and protectMTN against regulations that erode sustainability of the business in the medium and long term
• Assist in resolving interconnect issues with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), including litigation and negotiations
• Develop strategic capacity to advise on new international interconnection trends 
• Manage litigation on any telecomsregulatory issues, including ICASA, the Competition Commission, resolving litigation throughsettlement negotiations.
• Prepare and submit Board Submission and Management Reports on strategic regulatory issues
• Draft, vet correspondence on behalf of MTN to ICASA, Competition Commission; DCDT, Parliament and any otherregulatory body, and present in any public hearings.
• Attend any other meetingsas may be required with Government Departments, Regulatory bodies, Parliamentary Portfolio Committees.
• Manage relationship and represent MTN in industry Associations such as Association of Comms and Technology (ACT); South African Communications Forum (SACF); Digital Council Africa (DCA) or any other Association which MTN may be a member.
• Give strategic input to those associations to the benefit of MTN 

Customer relationships

• Develop cross-functional relationships within the industry and key stakeholders.
• Align service delivery to changing market segments and Mancos
• Understand customerneeds and developand fine-tune systemsaccordingly.
• Adopt a proactive approachto prevent problemsfrom arising in the future.
• Initiate changeto continually improveall aspects of service delivery, driving continuous improvement as an important element of service delivery

Project Management

• Develop and drive the executionof agreed projects
• Drive the implementation, tracking, monitoring and compliance of Projects
• Contract management in line with Procurement Policies
• Co-ordinate projectreporting
• Ensure effectiveimplementation of the integrated projectmanagement model
• Risk management

Business Analysis

• Perform BusinessAnalysis MTN SA Business Analysisin line with the methodology and guidelines
• Identify ways to fine tune policies, processes and systemsin line with changing work practices
• Determine, document,and review requirements for projects withinthe scope of the value stream or impacting processes and systems
• Design, analyseand document workflowand make appropriate recommendations that will positively impactoperational effectiveness
• Identify BusinessImprovement and Optimisation opportunities that will result in improvement of process performance
• Ensure that benchmarking is conducted with other companies and organizations within and outsidethe industry.
• Construct businesscases for initiations proposed by the business. Researchand consider best practice, local conditions, trends,as well as competitor analysis activity
• Identify and implement innovative ways to use minimumresources to achievemaximum outputs 

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• 4 year tertiaryqualification in Law/LLB(Commercial / Business)or related MBA / MastersAdvantageous

Experience:

• Admitted attorney with experience working in a law firm
• Senior management track record of 10 yearsor more; with at least 5 yearsin relevant sector/industry as per relevant role
• Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise (understanding emerging marketsadvantageous)
• Worked across diversecultures and geographies
• ICT Technology, Mobile Network Operator (MNO) / ICT regulatory experience