Head of Legal

Responsibilities and work outputs include but not limited to:
• Develop and drive the implementation of a legal strategy and framework in line with business
strategic objectives that ensures stakeholders receive optimal legal support.
• Communicate and distil best practice legal concepts into business, ensuring that lessons learned
are communicated both within and outside the legal community.
• Engage with stakeholders to analyse legal and compliance requirements and provide
stakeholders with concise, accurate, timely legal advice and legally sound solutions to business
problems.
• Identify opportunities to develop new processes and practices to strengthen the quality and
consistency of legal and compliance opinions.
• Develop and maintain a platform / repository for sharing legal opinions, agreements, and
information to support the consistency and quality of these documents / information within the
various teams and across the group.

Experience and Qualifications:
• Relevant Legal degree (B Proc or LLB)
• Masters in Commercial or Insurance Law (LLM) (will be advantageous).
• Admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa.
• Knowledge of legislation that impacts the Financial Services Industry (e.g. Long and Short Term
Insurance Acts, Financial Intelligence Centre Act, Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act;
Regulatory Authority Notices and Directives, etc.)
• Excellent business-writing skills.