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Senior Legal Advisor

Senior Legal Advisor

nedbankJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Specialist

REQ - Keabetswe Modise

Closing Date : 17 July 2025

Job Information

Job Family : Risk, Audit and Compliance

Career Stream : Legal

Leadership Pipeline : Manage Self : Professional

Job Purpose : To provide proactive professional legal advice and risk management services to internal clients to mitigate the banks legal risk.

Responsibilities

  • Experience in digital, consulting, software licensing, software development, SAAS and other cloud outsourcing transactions, IT support and maintenance contracts;
  • Experience should be from an environment such as a law firm, private legal practice, or in a fast-paced corporate legal / transaction group in IT or other relevant industry;
  • Proven contracting history where you have been the lead negotiator;
  • Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
  • Experience negotiating technology-based arrangements
  • Demonstrable ability to independently manage drafting and reviewing of transactional documents and correspondence
  • Able to present alternatives and propose solutions to issues, and must be sufficiently skilled,
  • Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills;
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of various IT technical teams;
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills;
  • Proficient in MS Office suite of products
  • Experience in a multi-jurisdictional environment with knowledge of cross-border transactions will be advantageous
  • Experience across a broad range of different disciplines / legal areas will be advantageous

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

  • Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees
  • Preferred Qualification

  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Post Graduate Degree , Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees
  • Minimum Experience Level

  • 5 - 7 years experience as legal advisor
  • Must have at least 5 years experience in Tech / Digital Law
  • Manage Tech Legal Risk
  • Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Banking knowledge
  • Business Acumen
  • Business principles
  • Diversity management
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
  • Legal Risk and practice management
  • Nedbank culture and values
  • Nedbank vision and strategy
  • Regulatory, Legal and Economics Principles
  • Research and development
  • Stakeholder management
  • Business writing skills
  • Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
  • Behavioural Competencies

  • Communication
  • Continuous Learning
  • Decision Making
  • Innovation
  • Managing Work
  • Technical / Professional Knowledge and Skills
  • Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at

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