Legal Counsel
Wave Mobile Money is a financial technology company providing affordable mobile money services across Africa.
Funding history
About Wave Mobile Money Inc.
Wave Mobile Money builds and operates a mobile financial network intended to help make Africa the first cashless continent. Its consumer services enable users to deposit and withdraw money, send funds, pay bills, buy airtime, and access customer support through mobile applications and agents. Wave Business provides bulk payments, in-person merchant payments, cash collection tools, a business portal, and checkout APIs. The company serves consumers, agents, merchants, businesses, and other clients across multiple African countries.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide practical legal advice across operational and functional areas. You will draft and negotiate contracts, manage legal policies, handle claims and disputes, support employment matters, oversee corporate secretarial work, assess legal risks, support data privacy and consumer protection compliance, advise on licensing, manage external counsel, and contribute to special legal projects.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Law or equivalent
- 5–7 years of professional legal experience
- Fluency in written and spoken French and English
- Experience in corporate governance and board and shareholder meetings
- Strong knowledge of corporate and commercial legal and regulatory requirements
- Contract drafting and review experience in English and French
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills
- Excellent writing listening and communication skills
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
Responsibilities
- Draft review and negotiate contracts
- Support contracts for core products and services
- Lead complex and high-value contract negotiations
- Manage contracting policies systems signatures and document archiving
- Implement and update group legal policies
- Manage legal claims and disputes
- Support employment matters including contracts discipline and terminations
- Oversee company secretarial responsibilities
- Identify legal risks and implement mitigations and controls
- Support data privacy compliance
- Advise on licensing and regulatory requirements
- Manage external law firms and legal service delivery
- Contribute to cross-functional legal initiatives
Benefits
- Health insurance for the employee and dependents
- 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers
- 4 weeks of parental leave for fathers
- Subsidized child care
- Subsidized gym memberships and fitness classes
- Airtime reimbursement