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Nedbank Group Limited is a bank holding company that operates as one of the four largest banking groups in South Africa. The company's shares have been listed on the JSE Limited since 1969. The group offers a wide range of wholesale and retail banking services through four main business clusters, namely Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, Nedbank Retai...
Job Purpose
To provide proactive professional legal advice and risk management services to internal clients to mitigate the banks legal risk.
Job Responsibilities
Provide specialist legal advice to all the business areas serviced by the NCIB Corporate Banking Legal team.
Achieve goals and objectives by understanding and embracing the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the Nedbank values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from management.
Support personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience gained, and certifications obtained within specified time frames.
Maintain knowledge management; and improve team success by sharing knowledge with team and stakeholders.
Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives.
Achieve key business strategies by participating and supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
Deliver on risk and compliance related projects by tracking progress and ensuring completion within specified time frames.
Mitigate risk and minimize losses by identifying risk factors linked to non-adherence to project timelines and recommended changes and courses of action.
Improve business efficiency and minimize compliance risk by conducting gap analysis of business processes; and by scrutinising relevant monthly reports.
Ensure delivery on projects by planning individual activities according to business needs and monitoring actions.
Minimize overall business risks by engaging and obtaining stakeholders' view of where risks exists.
Make an informed recommendation to stakeholders by evaluating identified risks and by conducting observations, analysing data and interviewing relevant parties.
Foster good relationships and promote business understanding by engaging in effective communication with stakeholders.
Monitor relevant legislative compliance status by receiving electronic feedback from Business Information Systems and communicating with the branches regarding actions to be taken.
Create stakeholder awareness and understanding of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) by utilising reports obtained from the BCP intranet and by engaging with and ensuring that each branch has an approved business continuity plan in place.
Monitor compliance training completion throughout the designated business unit and conduct follow ups by reviewing Group Compliance reports.
Ensure full understanding of changes on relevant legislative issues by conducting ad hoc training
Preferred Qualification
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Post Graduate Degree
Preferred Certifications
Admitted Attorney
Minimum Experience Level
8 years experience as legal advisor
Type of Exposure
Coaching and mentoring others
Identifying business risks
Making legal decisions
Assessing legal compliance
Drafting legal agreements; opinions; letters
Managing legal risks
Networking and building relationships
Establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with peers / managers
Technical / Professional Knowledge
Banking knowledge
Business Acumen
Business principles
Diversity management
Governance, Risk and Controls
Legal Risk and practice management
Nedbank culture and values
Nedbank vision and strategy
Regulatory, Legal and Economics Principles
Research and development
Stakeholder management
Business writing skills
Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
Behavioural Competencies
Communication
Continuous Learning
Decision Making
Innovation
Managing Work
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
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