🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ MFS Africa – 5 Positions

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments platform in Africa, enabling low-cost payments across the continent. The company works in close partnership with mobile network operators and financial institutions to bring simple and relevant payment services to African consumers and businesses. MFS Africa connects over 320 million mobile money users across Africa through its platform, which enables cross-border payment for mobile money networks, banks, money transfer operators, and large corporates.

As a fintech company, we strive towards elegance and simplicity in everything we do. Our mission is to make borders matter less, and our values are to simplify, care, and be revolutionary. We pride ourselves on world-class operations and a distributed team. Our offices include Abidjan, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lagos, London, Nairobi, and Port-Louis, and many employees work remotely from locations where we do not have offices. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, BoT in Tanzania, and FCA in the UK.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Senior Devops Administrator
2.) Governance Officer
3.) Legal Manager
4.) Paralegal & Legal Operations Officer
5.) System Architect

Job Title: Senior Devops Administrator

Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Department: Technology

The Role

• We are seeking a bright, energetic, and motivated Senior DevOps Administrator, who will report to the Tech Director (Infrastructure and Cyber security), to work as a member of the technical team, building the next generation of MFS Africa’s products and services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Install and configure Linux operating systems.
• Manage and monitor network servers.
• Deploy and configure MySQL databases.
• Monitor performance and maintain application systems according to requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages by managing Cloud infrastructure.
• Managing and troubleshooting the VPN connections

Educational qualification and key skills

• Higher Diploma or B.Sc Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Fluency in English
• Additional languages would be plus i.e., French

Skills and competencies:

• Advanced knowledge and experience working with MySQL, and proficiency with Tomcat web server.
• Proficiency in Google cloud and AWS architecture and its VPN configurations
• Proficiency in devOps related activities.
• Bonus: e-commerce, online payments, or banking/card payments experience
• Advanced knowledge in mail, apache, selinux configurations on linux boxes
• Linux server installation and hardening
• Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP networking.
• Advance knowledge in Linux networking and iptables
• Basic Cisco server configuration and troubleshooting

Why work for us

• We are the cutting edge of fintech in
• We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world
• Attractive package including flexible benefits and competitive remuneration,
• Massive growth potential
• We operate a flexible hybrid working and unlimited leave
• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world and are building the MFS Africa Hub (Baxi Bu) into a payment infrastructure designed to transcend generations.
• We have a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented and continually strive to build a culture of caring and execution.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Governance Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Group Corporate Affairs

The Role 

• This role plays an integral part in the Group’s governance oversight and company secretariat function, reporting to the General Counsel & Head of GRC and Group Company Secretary.
• This role will support the Group Company Secretary with all matters related to the Group’s governance and company secretarial function, both at the Holding Company level and with subsidiary companies.

Responsibilities 
The duties and responsibilities captured within this role are as follows:

Company / Corporate Administration:

• Facilitating Board & Board Committee meetings; including servicing of notices of meeting, managing the governance calendar, preparing agendas, and circulating relevant papers.
• Taking and producing minutes to record the business transacted at the meetings and the decisions taken.
• Following up on action items from Board and Board Committee meetings.
• Drafting resolutions and lodging required forms and statutory filings with Companies House and other similar registers in other jurisdictions.
• Updating statutory books and serving as custodian thereof.
• Dealing with correspondence, collating information, writing reports, and communicating decisions to relevant company stakeholders.
• Monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and advise the Group Company Secretary of matters effecting the organisation.
• Supporting the process of conducting periodic Board evaluations.
• Coordinating and managing legal entity changes, and the establishment of new legal entities.
• Coordinating company secretarial support for all Group operating companies; and oversee adherence to the expected governance practices by the local entities.
• Managing engagement with external providers of specialized or specific jurisdictional company secretarial support.

Governance Arrangements:

• Maintaining, and updating the Group Corporate Governance Framework (“CGF”) and Subsidiary Governance Framework (“SGF”) and serving as the custodian thereof.
• Drafting and maintaining subsidiary governance frameworks specific for each significant subsidiary company.
• Monitoring and updating the Policy Management Framework (“PMF”) and the group-wide policy register and serving as the custodian thereof. Overseeing the Group’s policies, monitoring the policy review cycle and ensuring policy reviews are undertaken by policy owners as per the approved timeframe.

Other Responsibilities:

• Conducting ad-hoc research on relevant topics which may affect the organization.
• Drafting governance related policies and procedural documents, as required.
• Serving as the custodian of specific group-wide registers, such as regulatory approvals, key governance documents across the group, and correspondence with key stakeholders.

Skills and Competencies 

• Superior verbal and written communication skills in English. French language skills would be a plus.
• Strong legal research skills and experience.
• Able to articulate one’s views in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent listening skills, analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Able to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment.
• Comfortable working in a diverse, collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Some African experience would be preferable.
• Passionate about consistency, quality, and integrity in governance
• Collaborative working style, with the ability to identify and organize resources required to deliver on projects.

Qualifications and Experience 

• Governance and secretarial experience required.
• Understanding of the UK Corporate Governance Code.
• Understanding and knowledge of relevant governance standards and frameworks.
• 3-5 years in a legal and/or corporate administration role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Legal Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Legal & Regulatory Affairs

The Role 

• This role is a commercial legal role within the Legal & Regulatory Affairs Department, with responsibility for providing legal and regulatory advice and guidance across the Group and to supports the Commercial team with legal advice and contract negotiations.
• The duties and responsibilities captured within this role are as follows:

Commercial Legal Affairs:

• Providing guidance and oversight to the business on legal matters.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of agreements/contracts.
• Providing legal support to the commercial teams through the drafting of and reviewing of contracts, negotiating of commercial terms and legal execution for commercial relationships.
• Serving as legal advisor to support internal stakeholders such as IT, commercial, treasury, compliance and other support departments.
• Oversight of the contract management tool/system for commercial contracting.
• Oversight of contract lifecycles and arranging for re-negotiation of terms where necessary.
• Conducting periodic reviews of existing legal documentation to ensure they remain relevant, applicable, and up-to-date.
• Identifying legal and regulatory risks in transactions, contracts and other activities conducted by the Group.

Regulatory Affairs:

• Providing guidance and oversight on regulatory matters.
• Monitoring and responding to regulatory developments across Africa and advising on the impact, if any, on MFS Africa and its business strategy.
• Supporting the Group’s efforts in acquiring new licenses and/or expansion of existing licenses.
• Playing a key role in ensuring MFS Africa’s compliance with the laws and regulations of each country in which we operate, by conducting frequent regulatory horizon scanning and advising on changes in law and regulation and how these might impact the organisation and its businesses.

Other Legal Matters:

• Managing IP and IP registrations related to the business.
• Handling of contractual disputes.
• Together with external legal counsel, coordinating all litigation and legal proceedings.
• Providing data protection and privacy related advice.
• Carrying out legal audits from time to time to assess and monitor the legal standing of the organisation and its existing legal obligations.
• Adhoc legal advice.
• This position is based in either Johannesburg, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire; Port Louis, Mauritius, or Nairobi, Kenya and reports to the Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs.

Skills and Competencies

• Superior verbal and written communication skills – able to articulate one’s views in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent listening skills, analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Creative and critical thinker, comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing innovative, constructive solutions to address business challenges.
• Effectively manage relationships with multiple stakeholders (internal and external) at various levels of seniority, operating at both a strategic and tactical level.
• Comfortable working in a diverse, collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Passionate about consistency, quality, and integrity in legal and regulatory risk management.
• High propensity towards execution, even under a high degree of pressure.
• Able to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment.
• Collaborative working style, with the ability to identify and organize resources required to deliver on projects.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualified lawyer or holder of Degree of Master of Laws in a relevant jurisdiction, with working experience within the financial sector or at a law firm
• 5+ years’ experience in FinTech, consumer/digital financial services, and/or regulatory engagement.
• Deep, demonstrable, practical knowledge of driving, interpreting, and applying regulation in the context of consumer financial services.
• Pan-African exposure, experience, excitement, and expertise will be invaluable.
• Understanding of market and industry developments within the broader financial services sector that relate to legal and regulatory risks in Africa.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Paralegal & Legal Operations Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Legal & Regulatory Affairs

The Role 

• This role plays an integral part in the Group’s Legal & Regulatory Affairs function, reporting to Legal Manager. This role will support the Legal team with (a) legal research, (b) regulatory research, (c) legal operations, and (d) miscellaneous paralegal activities.
• The duties and responsibilities captured within this role are as follows:

Legal Operations:

• Managing and tracking timelines associated with legal agreements and renewals thereof.
• Serving as the custodian of the legal agreement repository and ensuring that all legal agreements are up-to-date and renewed when they come due.
• Overseeing and managing the Contract Management System and ensuring that all information therein is up to date.
• Managing the contract finalisation and execution process.
• Supporting the compilation and submission of documents associated with license applications.
• Supporting with the compilation and upkeep of transaction templates.
• Supporting the legal team with ad-hoc organisational and administrative tasks.

Legal Research:

• Providing legal research to the Legal & Regulatory Affairs department and to the boarder MFS Africa Group.
• Conducting ongoing regulatory horizon scanning and sharing relevant findings with the Legal & Regulatory Affairs team.
• Providing ongoing research on regulatory matters in key markets.
• Conducting ad-hoc research on regulatory licenses and authorisation requirements.

Other Responsibilities:

• Conducting ad-hoc research on relevant topics that may affect the organization.
• This position is based in either Mauritius, Johannesburg, South Africa, or Lagos, Nigeria and reports to the Legal Manager.

Skills and Competencies

• Superior verbal and written communication skills in English. French language skills would be a plus.
• Strong legal research skills and experience.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Able to articulate one’s views in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent listening skills, analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Able to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment.
• Comfortable working in a diverse, collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Some African experience would be preferable.
• Collaborative working style, with the ability to identify and organize resources required to deliver on projects.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Legal operations experience
• Legal research experience
• 2-3 years experience in a paralegal role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: System Architect

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Engineering

The Role

• We are seeking a System Architect to join our team on a permanent role. You will work alongside our Senior and lead Architects in development projects.
• This role is for an experienced System Architect who has in-depth knowledge of software architecture.
• We are seeking candidates with 8+ years’ of experience in Architecture and Design. The successful candidate must possess exceptional communication skills, solid technical skills and creative problem-solving skills.
• The position’s preferred location is one of our office locations in Lagos, Accra and Kampala. You will work normal hours, Monday to Friday, 0800 to 1700 (local time), with a combination of in-person office attendance and working from home.

Key Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with our Architect team on architecture and design work.
• Work closely with the development team and product team to ensure architecture & design implementation with defined standards and guidelines.
• Iteratively refine architecture & design based on feedback from stakeholders, and team.
• Designing scalable architecture & design for systems and applications using different tools, programming languages and frameworks.
• Identifying the hardware and software infrastructure needs to accommodate the company’s architectural goals.
• Anticipate, identify, track and resolve technical issues and risks affecting delivery.
• Generally, uphold the values of the Company.

Qualifications and Experience

• 3 three-year University Degree with a proven background in math, science, finance, and engineering are required; Advanced degrees in IT like master's in computers is a plus.
• 8+ years’ of experience in development, design, and architecture
• Working experience in development projects with hands-on coding skills (Java and Python)
• Quick learning and do whatever is needed to help us accomplish our goals.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and be open to feedback and suggestions.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.

Technical Skills:

• Languages: Java, Python, SQL.
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB
• Cloud: AWS services (EC2, RDS, EBS, VPC, IAM, Cloud Watch, SQS, SNS, Security Groups etc.)
• Devops: Kubernetes, Jenkins
• Architecture: Togaf / ArchiMate / Zakman

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online