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Moniepoint is a financial technology company digitising Africa's real economy by building a financial ecosystem for businesses, providing payment, banking, credit and business management tools. The Data Privacy & Protection Director sits within the Compliance department, reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, and oversees the entire data protection strategy, ensuring compliance with the Nigerian Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 and other relevant data protection laws.
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Responsibilities
- Implement a data privacy governance framework (including Binding Corporate Rules) to manage data use in compliance with the NDPA 2023.
- Set standards, formulate policies, and establish procedures to meet NDPA 2023 and other relevant regulations.
- Ensure employees, third-party processors, vendors, and data subjects are informed about data protection rights, obligations, and responsibilities.
- Serve as primary liaison for the Nigeria Data Privacy Commission (NDPC), other regulators, financial institutions, and customers.
- Handle queries, complaints, claims, and notifications from regulators, law enforcement, and data subjects.
- Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) with product managers, project managers, and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with IT teams to ensure systems and procedures comply with NDPA and other regulations.
- Work with the information security team to maintain records of customer data and data processing activities, data security management plan, breach response plan, and retention structures.
- Develop strategies for continuous stakeholder engagement and deliver targeted data privacy training.
- Coordinate and conduct routine privacy audits, including review of the privacy governance framework.
- Work with the Data Privacy Compliance Organization (DPCO) on external regulatory audits.
- Monitor updates to local data privacy laws and make proactive recommendations to executive leadership.
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