Senior Legal Counsel - Competition at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adoption with regards to legal methodology, governance and delivery objectives.
Job Description

• Senior Legal Counsel: Competition 
• Accountability: Legal Risk
• To assist mitigate competition law risk and to provide competition law advice  and support to  AGL.

Accountability: Leadership & Management

• Demonstrates strong relationship management skills with clients
• Plan and manage projects and matters through to completion, including resourcing
• Contribute to the development and implementation of team objectives and strategy and provide high quality support to the business as required by interacting with different legal and business stakeholders.
• Work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate the ability to supervise where appropriate

Accountability: Commercial

• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and solve complex problems creatively and effectively
• Drive good cost control behaviour, especially around external spend and consistently deliver against a broad range of competing target
• Manage external counsel and represent AGL on relevant industry forums and professional bodies where required
• Add value in commercial as well as technical discussions, and provide training that is beneficial and  informative to internal clients 

 Accountability: Risk and Control

• Actively raise the profile of the legal function
• Manage and create awareness by embedding relevant  policies and control requirements in all areas of the business
• Provide appropriate challenge and equally be robust in the face of challenges
• Build strong risk partnerships with colleagues in other functions (especially key control areas)
• Fully understand the role of legal in AGL and how it interacts with other functions and the business.

Accountability: Teamwork: 

• Proactively collaborate across different teams and geographies within Legal to break down silos
• Provide objective and constructive feedback and openly share knowledge and expertise
• Accountability:  Technical
• Act as a trusted advisor to business and other infrastructure areas; understand market and competition law developments across the jurisdictions in which Absa has a presence and their impact on business
• Contribute to industry-wide initiatives and have a good network amongst peer group externally

Qualifications and Experience:

• Admitted Attorney with experience in Competition Law
• 4 to 6 years experience post qualifying experience
• Experience advising on all competition law aspects across Africa

Education

• Bachelor Honours Degree: Law (Required)

Deadline: 22nd, February 2022