Introduction

Abacus provides customers with easy and affordable insurance solutions through selected PEPKOR group companies, including Incredible Connection and HiFi Corp.

When you purchase an insurance policy from us you can be certain that we will look after you. We will ensure that you leave behind happy memories and not debt, due to death, disability, loss of qualifying income, or if the product you’ve purchased on credit or for cash gets lost, stolen or damaged in any way.

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Purpose

Provide specialist legal advice to ensure the legal soundness of regulatory compliance matters and legal agreements to effectively manage legal and compliance risk.

Key Responsibilities

· Provide support on legislative, regulatory compliance matters and legal agreements to    effectively manage clients legal and compliance risks.

· Provide expert advice to business on various legal and compliance technical matters in line with legal and compliance framework and best practice.

· Ensure that the legal and compliance operating environment is structured and up to date.

· Manage litigation related matters to enable a consistent approach and mitigate risk.

· Provide the business executive leadership with a view of legal and compliance issues and status of risks and provide expert opinion on any matters arising.

· Advise, assist or lead on legal negotiations, including the reviewing and drafting of all legal documentation.

· Provide legal advice on client and supplier contractual matters to business stakeholder.

Required Competencies

• Experience in insurance in the Financial Service industry specifically Life and Non-life insurance.
• Knowledge of legislation applicable to the insurance industry
• Result-orientated
• Strategic thinking
• Stakeholder relations
• Detail orientated
• Judgement and decision making
• Analytical skills
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Report writing skills
• Analytical skills
• Assertiveness
• Internal and external networking
• Personal resilience
• Integrity
• Service excellence