Senior Legal Counsel at Absa Group

General responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Proactively identify and manage legal risk/opportunities.
• Provide functionally excellent non-contentious legal advice (written and verbal) and proactively keep the business units abreast of legal and regulatory developments.
• Act on legal risks notified in the legal risk reports, by raising it with the business stakeholders and addressing it as far as possible in whatever way and means required to sufficiently mitigate risk
• Proactive monitoring of compliance of the legal risk control framework
• Provide high quality support to the business as required by interacting with different legal and business stakeholders
• Coach and mentor junior team members on a regular basis on how to improve their own productivity and use of the bank’s processes and systems
• Ensure junior team members are trained and equipped with appropriate skills and knowledge regarding all products, solutions and services

Education and Experience:

• B Comm Law and LLB
• 5 – 7 years post qualification
• Admitted attorney or advocate in RSA or other similar jurisdiction
• Familiar with compliance works and relevant laws and regulations

To succeed in the role, you must be Independent, able to work under pressure, resilient with good interpersonal skills and a team player. Strong negotiation skills, business awareness, prioritization of risk and strong commercial focus is crucial, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.