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Senior Legal Counsel (Team Lead)

Absa BankSandton, Gauteng, South Africa

5 hours ago

Job description

Delivering excellent and effective legal advice and service to stakeholders, applying strategic thinking with advice given.

Ensure technical correctness of agreements drafted by ensuring that the latest legal requirements have been included in the agreement.

Staying up to date with all relevant laws, case law and regulatory directives and guidance, this is done by doing regular research on legal developments and attending training interventions.

Ensure that all risks are sufficiently addressed in agreements entered by the Bank, understanding the requirements of business, legal issues and possible business risks and incorporating clauses in the agreements to address such risks and requirements.

At all times ensure that sufficient legal knowledge has been obtained and updated with latest legal developments to ensure that they are correctly reflected in the agreements drafted.

Proactive updating of templates and identification of clauses for continuous improvement.

Ensure effective and appropriate verbal and written communication of the legal policies to internal clients.

Proactive monitoring of compliance of the legal risk control framework.

Adhere to Absa frameworks, policies and procedures applicable to the role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management and when required highlight breaches and request dispensations & waivers on a timely basis.

Report all risk events / incidents / issues immediately upon discovery and escalate significant events / incidents / issues using the defined process for the business area.

Understand why risk events / incidents / issues happened and identify how to prevent them in future - focusing on fixing root causes and taking ownership of identified actions.

Actively raise the profile of the legal function and improve on Legal Key Risks

Manage and create awareness by embedding legal 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.

Identify and escalate non legal and legal risk issues

Contribute to the creation of policies and controls

Leading and managing the payments team

Proactive stakeholder management and raising the profile of the team.

Identify instances where contract automation can be implemented to ensure efficiency.

Deal leadership – ability and experience in leading large and complex deals.

Develop and maintain a network with senior stakeholders by encouraging informal interactions and catch-up sessions to achieve good visibility and raise the profile of the team.

Perform duties in line with the Absa values and uphold Absa’ values in transacting with stakeholders, customers and colleagues.

Provide more than is required from stakeholders to ensure efficiency and excellence.

Be an active and accountable member of the team by participating in initiatives and workstreams across the Legal function.

Timeous conclusion of all mandatory training.

Coach and mentor junior team members.

Provide objective and constructive feedback and openly share knowledge and expertise.

Contribute to the development and implementation of the team objectives and strategy.

Make recommendations for and implement change.

Works independently with minimal supervision and demonstrates the ability to supervise where appropriate.

Ability to plan and manage projects and matters through to completion including around resourcing.

Anticipates Market and Legal Developments and impact on Business.

At least 4years’ PQE in the field of commercial legal

Ability to advise at a senior business level and establish credibility with senior stakeholders

Experience in drafting and negotiating agreements is preferred

Appropriate Law degree

Admitted attorney in RSA

Strong Commercial Law experience

Degree from a leading educational institution with good academic results

Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Very strong interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Well organized and efficient

Excellent negotiating and influencing skills

Integrity and reliability

Excellent attention to detail

Commercial acumen

Business awareness, prioritization of risk and strong commercial focus

Ability to manage a large (and often fluid) workload with effective prioritization as well as deliver under pressure and at speed

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