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Legal Counsel Regulatory and Financial Crime

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Location
Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
Salary
TBD
Job type
Permanent full time
Category
Banking and Finance, Company commercial, Fraud & White Collar Crime, Regulatory
Job Reference
AL/ABSA/003
Posted on
17 Nov 2021
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About the Role:

 

Job Summary

To provide sound legal advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the provision of legal risk management for the business.

Job Description

Accountability: Legal Risk

• Continued pro-active stakeholder engagement and involvement on a business, level

• Ensure commercially and legally sound guidance and advice in respect of allocated regulatory requirements in a professional and supportive manner, always considering the potential alternatives within the rules and regulations applicable, endeavouring to find solutions to ensure lawfulness and compliance as well as the continuation of business

Accountability: Commercial

• Provide tailored, commercial advice as well as recommendations on legality, the lawfulness and enforceability of agreements and documents

• Good understanding of relevant products and services across AGL and assist in structuring, negotiating and drafting legal agreements and documentation

Accountability: Risk and Control

• Exercise sound risk judgement based on practice / previous experience and ensures, legal risk management

• Have a broad understanding of key legal risks in other areas and partners with others to manage them

Accountability: Teamwork

• Build strong relationships, especially with other colleagues in Legal and business stakeholders

• Assist to develop working structures and best practice guides for use within business

Accountability: Technical

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of areas of specialisation and consider, comment, draft negotiate and give advice and guidance on documents/ agreements for the business.

Preferred Education:

• BComm Law and LLB; or B A Law and LLB; or B Juris and LLB; BProc or LLB

Preferred Experience:

• Admitted Attorney qualified to practice in South Africa

• Experience of working in a highly regulated, fast paced environment, where there are often competing demands

• ideally 2-5years’ PQE, Junior lawyer

Knowledge and Skills:

• Legal analysis and application, research and writing

• Ability to balance legal considerations against the commercial view

• Very strong interpersonal skills, especially communication skills, written and verbal

• Sound negotiating and influencing skills

• High attention to detail

• Integrity and reliability

• Experienced in privacy laws, regulations and best practices

• Keeping abreast of legal and regulatory developments impacting the banking and financial sector

• Knowledge and experience in financial crime laws an advantage

Education

Bachelor Honours Degree: Law (Required)

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