Head of Legal, Regulatory & Compliance – Financial Services, West Africa

[https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/5ac97b31-49cd-4012-8bb0-5caf15e33c69/B25.png]

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HEAD OF LEGAL, REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE – FINANCIAL SERVICES, WEST AFRICA, TO JOIN OUR LEGAL GROUP, AS WE SCALE UP AND DRIVE DIGITAL AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION ACROSS OUR MARKETS.

[https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/2c6957b4-39d2-40b3-8eb6-7e380a0c2f9c/B13.png]

THE REGULATORY ARCHITECTURE FOR DIGITAL FINANCE IN WEST AFRICA IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW

That is not a metaphor. The DCSP framework in Ghana, the evolving fintech regulatory environment in Nigeria, the supervisory expectations around digital credit and consumer lending at scale — these are in active formation. For a senior financial services regulatory professional, this is precisely the moment to be in the room.

M-KOPA has extended more than $2 billion in credit to over 7 million customers across seven markets — 55% of whom are accessing formal financial products for the first time. Regulatory leadership is not peripheral to that mission. It is foundational to it.

[https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/5e9f3448-2fed-4b66-b1ee-9474279a7947/B13.png]

WHAT THIS ROLE CARRIES

This is a group-wide leadership position with particular depth in West Africa, reporting to the Director of Compliance. The scope includes ownership of M-KOPA's financial services regulatory strategy, senior engagement with regulators and industry bodies in Nigeria and Ghana, and direct accountability for licensing and authorisation processes — including the DCSP licence in Ghana and financial services licensing in Nigeria.

Day-to-day, the role spans regulatory horizon-monitoring and impact assessment, partnering with Product and Credit to embed regulatory requirements into new product development from the outset, and overseeing responses to examinations, regulatory reporting, ...