Senior Legal Advisor III (Cape Town or Johannesburg) at FNB South Africa

• To provide legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business on the implementation of policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Are you someone who can:

• To provide legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business on the implementation of policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and business processes.

Contracting

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including strategic partnerships, outsourcing arrangements, sponsorships, and funding agreements.
• Develop and maintain bespoke contract templates and playbooks for third-party agreements.
• Collaborate with Procurement Legal and business stakeholders to ensure contracts are fit-for-purpose, enforceable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Support contract lifecycle management and record keeping.
• Advise on delegations of authority, internal SLAs, and campaign/competition rules.

Privacy Law

• Provide expert guidance on privacy law related topics and draft legal opinions.
• Support business and compliance teams with privacy-related risk assessments including Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIA), Compatibility Assessments (CA), Privacy by Design, and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
• Monitor and interpret emerging privacy legislation, international trends, and industry best practices.

Legal Risk Management & Advisory

• Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislation industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders. Research and provide legal opinion on a variety of issues and new business projects within the business to proactively identify, assess and manage legal risk.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across business initiatives, products, and processes (extensive collaboration with other risk partners such as compliance and operational risk).
• Prepare and present legal opinions, memos, and reports to stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development and embedding of legal risk management tools, frameworks, and reporting templates.
• Collaborate extensively with Group Legal, Segment Legal, Centres of Excellence (COEs), and subject matter experts.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with business, compliance, operational risk, and external partners.
• Act as a trusted legal partner, translating complex legal concepts into plain language and actionable advice.

You'll be an ideal candidate if you have:

Experience & Qualifications

• Admitted attorney with at least 5 years’ post-qualification experience (preference for financial services experience).
• Proven track record in drafting and negotiating complex contracts in a corporate or financial services environment (specialist expertise).
• Deep understanding of privacy legislation (POPIA, GDPR, etc.) and practical experience in privacy risk management (preferred).
• Experience in legal risk management, regulatory interpretation, and providing business-focused legal advice.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and thrive in a high-volume, high-impact environment.
• Adaptability/learning agility – to be comfortable with ambiguity, context-switching, and taking on a mix of work within the PSAS space.
• Technological proficiency (preferred).

End Date: December 10, 2025