Company Secretary

VACANCY REF. NUMBER – MML-CS2539

CVs SHOULD BE SAVED IN APPLICANT’S NAMES

Position: Company Secretary (MML)

Level: MTN Level 3H

Company: MobileMoney LTD

Division: MML CEO’s Office

Location: Accra

Reports to: Directly to Board of Directors and Administratively to MML CEO

Job Summary

The role oversees company secretarial responsibilities for MobileMoney LTD and related affiliates. The core purpose of the role includes governance, fiduciary, assurance, and compliance responsibilities. The role provides guidance and advice on corporate and board governance by ensuring that practices, policies, and business activities conducted within the organization and its subsidiaries are in adherence with the country’s laws and regulations as well as the corporate governance structures within the MTN Group.

Job Context

• Evolving Fintech industry, diversifying telco-to-techno landscape, and Evolving industry ecosystems
• Multi regulation and multifaceted stakeholder management
• Public Listed Organization
• Environmental, social and governance prioritized
• Partnerships at the core of business practices
• Multi resourcing options, matrix, projectized and evolving new ways of working
• Localization a key objective for business and government
• Evolving technology and platform business
• Multinational environment – CoSec Group best practices
• Unionized environment
• Performance driven environment

Job Role

• Develop and oversee a structure that maintains high standards of corporate governance, stewardship, assurance, and administration for MobileMoney LTD (The Company) and Board activities.
• Ensures that the Company complies with all relevant legal, regulatory, and statutory best practices and requirements.
• Work closely with and assist the Board(s) to comply with the constitution of the company and with any relevant enactments.
• Oversight responsibility for company record keeping including minutes of meetings internal, Executive Committee, shareholders and directors properly recorded in the form required by the Companies Act, 2019 (ACT 992).
• Preparing and issuing out notices in the name of the company. Provide leadership on established board and committee agenda and related documents for all meetings of the board of directors in consultation with the Board Chairperson of MobileMoney LTD and Committee chairpersons.
• Ensure that the annual financial statements of the company are despatched to the relevant stakeholders and statutory bodies within stipulated timelines.
• Ensure that all statutory forms and returns are duly filed with the relevant agencies and the maintenance of statutory registers of the company. Oversee assurance regarding the filing of company’s annual return and the disclosure of director dealings.
• Manage possible conversion from a private company to a listed Company
• Provide the Board with guidance as to the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Board and on the changes and development in the laws affecting the operation of company’s records.
• Keep the Board up to date on legislation relevant to or affecting meetings of shareholders and directors.
• Advise and provide guidance to Directors on their responsibilities as directors.
• Oversee the training of Board members, board performance evaluations, board compliance and guidance on the fulfilment of board roles and in alignment with related regulatory body requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring the organisation is compliant with all stock exchange and securities commission requirements.
• Formulating yearly work plans for the board against agreed objectives and monitor for governance purposes.
• Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.
• Ensure proper documentation of all board meetings for ease of reference. Handle board and company secretariat correspondence, collate information, and write reports, ensuring decisions made are communicated to the relevant company stakeholders.
• Oversee and report on Director’s code of ethics, conflict of interest and any other ethics declarations and training required of the company’s Board of Directors.
• Support Functional leadership with Board company secretariat related requirements.

Education

• Minimum of a Degree in Law with qualifying certificate in law (i.e., Bar exams)
• Full ICSA Qualification
• Business Degree an added advantage

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in 10 years post qualification Commercial/Corporate Law experience in a large local law firm or the legal department/ Company secretarial role of a listed company or multination an advantage. Experience must include exposure to company Secretariat management
• Listed company experience
• Regulated company experience

Competencies

Professional/Technical Competencies:

• In-depth knowledge of corporate law, practices, and legal advisory
• Stakeholder management and interpersonal competencies
• Information Management and record keeping
• In-depth knowledge of King IV Corporate Governance.
• Strategic acumen
• Adequate financial acumen
• Adequate Commercial acumen
• Analytics and critical thinking to make data-driven decisions
• Strong reporting knowledge and skills
• Strong knowledge of Company secretarial practices
• Savvy with communication using technology and related tools

Must live the MTN Values of

• Lead with Care, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect, Can Do with Integrity, Act with Inclusion

Must exhibit the MTN Vital Behaviors of

• Complete Candor, Complete Accountability, Active Collaboration & Get it done.

How to Apply

1. Qualified applicants should indicate Vacancy Ref no: MML-CS2539 as the email subject and ensure that CVs are saved in applicants’ names. Applications without the subject and CVs saved in their names will automatically be disqualified.
2. Interested and qualified applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae by 26th June 2025 to: mmlrecruitment.gh@mtn.com
3. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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