Legal Specialist: Advice at Hire Resolve

• Hire Resolve is seeking a highly skilled Legal Specialist: Advice for a prominent leader in the financial services field based in Tygervalley, Cape Town. The main purpose of this specialized role is to provide proactive technical and legal support to financial advisers while enhancing the group’s advice framework and digital financial planning tools utilizing deep holistic planning experience. 

Key Performance Areas:

• Technical & Advisory Support: Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on technical financial advisory matters, providing proactive and reactive support to advisers, marketing, and distribution teams on complex portfolios (e.g., EB, Section 42, HNW product offerings).
• Regulatory Compliance & Strategy: Engage continuously with Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs to analyze upcoming regulatory changes, designing and implementing standardized processes, system updates, and mitigation strategies across the distribution network.
• Digital Advice Integration: Support the digital financial advice software team by providing practical rules, workflows, and logical parameters to guide and monitor digital advice compliance for clients.
• Research & Committee Representation: Undertake high-level strategic research and compile proposals as requested by Distribution Exco. Represent the division on technical, distribution, and non-TAS related committees or forums.
• Training & Development: Design, structure, and deliver CPD-accredited training programs to advisory teams. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: A completed Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent Law Degree.
• Professional Qualifications: Certified Financial Planner (CFP) status.
• Experience: 5 to 7 years of relevant legal and advisory experience within a Financial Services Provider (FSP), with a dedicated focus on financial advice, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
• Core Competencies: Elite verbal and written communication skills, exceptional presentation abilities, emotional intelligence, and a proven ability to solve complex problems and handle confrontational discussions smoothly.
• Do you have experience with assisting financial advisers with financial planning advice?
• Do you have experience with regulatory matters in the financial industry?
• Have you worked with a digital financial advice tool? (Please specify which)