Senior Specialist Legal and Regulatory

Job Description

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

To ensure that MAST Services and its subsidiary companies are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations and rules; and all company policies, codes and standards; and to implement adequate systems and processes to monitor and enforce compliance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Institutionalize and manage legal, policy and where applicable voluntary standards compliance in MAST;
• Implementation of effective systems and processes to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations, policies, rules, and codes and industry standards;
• Maintenance and monitoring of the legal and policy universes for MAST;
• Assist in the development and implementation of legal and policy compliance management standards and procedures;
• Stay up to date with developments in the legal and regulatory and governance environment and keep abreast of new policies and legislation as well as changes to existing legislation;
• Conduct compliance risk assessments and develop compliance risk management strategies;
• Provide training and advice on compliance related matters;

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in relevant fields of Law or Compliance (Essential)
• At least 5 years of relevant compliance Management experience (Essential)
• Telecommunications Experience (Advantageous)
• MS Suite (Word, ppt, excel etc.)

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
• Above average knowledge of all aspects of general compliance
• Knowledge of OECD, FCPA,POPIA, GDPR, UK BA and AML legislations and Competition law
• Knowledge of Sanctions and Export Control regimes/legislation
• In-depth knowledge of the South African Legislative System
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Compliance Practice and familiarity with general principles of good governance
• Compliance management
• Be an active member of the MAST legal team.
• Actively participate in the broader Group legal community to bring benefit from experience, expertise and synergies to of the Group.

Closing date for Applications: 15 April 2025.

The base location for this role is Bryanston.

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.