Senior Legal Advisor for Insurance Company - Pretoria, South Africa - Belmar Personnel

Belmar Personnel

Verified Company

Pretoria, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Centurion

The purpose of this role is to enhance the legal capabilities across Insure; implement an end-to-end corporate legal function; enhance stakeholder interactions; ensure the effective management of legal risk while supporting strategic growth initiatives; by providing quality legal advisory services.

Responsibilities and work outputs

Ability to identify, assess, manage, monitor and report on current and potential legal risks within Insure.

Continuously staying abreast with changes in legislation, regulations, court decisions and proposals from regulators and provide research on legal related topics and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Ensure changes and developments in legislation, regulators, guidelines and practices are analysed, evaluated and reported.

Provide legal support, opinions, advice and feedback.

Assessment of business needs and provide corporate legal advice regarding contracting and projects implementation.

Ability to draft, negotiate, review and advise on contracts including but not limited to Service Level, MOU, NDA, Outsourcing, binder etc.

Manage the contract management process.

Provide strategic legal support, advice and guidance to Momentum Insure, including its various committees, forums and departments which may require legal support.

Build strong relationships through providing specialist know-how and leadership.

Assist, support and contribute to Risk Management and Legal Management within the orginisation

Draft and/or review internal policies and effectively implement policies and guidelines.

The development and management of the legal risk plans managing and maintaining the Legal Risk Management Framework including implementation of same throughout the organisation.

Tracking, monitoring and reporting of key legal risk indicators, controls and corrective action plans.

Conduct training and ensure staff are kept abreast of legal and regulatory developments.

Compiling legal reports.

Attend to general legal queries, as and when requested.

Ability to project manage legal deliverables in conjunction with stakeholder.

Review ongoing litigation cases and advise management accordingly.

Provide legal training to different business units on applicable legal issues which is relevant for a particular business unit, including legal processes and policies.

Competencies required

Excellent organisational and administrative skills

Report writing skills

Accountable, self-disciplined and responsible

Attention to detail

Negotiation skills

Strong People skills

Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Problem solving ability, analytical thinker with investigative instinct

Stress Tolerance

Tenacity and Resilience

Business Acumen and professional approach

Assertive and tactful with the ability to handle conflict

Experience and Qualifications

Legal Degree

Must be an Admitted attorney

Minimum of 6 years post admission experience

experience within the Financial Services Industry advantageous

Knowledge of POPIA, COFI, FAIS, FICA, FSRA, Insurance Act advantageous