City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Experienced Senior Legal Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Consumer Credit Law, Legal Writing, English, Management, and Corporate Governance. Strong legal professional with a focus on Payments.
- Provide commercial and regulatory advice aimed at expanding the business in multiple jurisdictions - Operationalise and roll-out regulatory requirements on a regional basis - Assist the sales team to structure transactions/deals - Negotiate and draft various contractual arrangements in line with approved business cases and internal policies - Support the business in interpreting and implementing regulatory mandates in multiple jurisdictions - Undertake research and provide advice on regulatory, employment and commercial matters in multiple jurisdictions - Manage relationships with external counsel - Develop know-how content and facilitate internal training - Advise the product development teams on the legal aspects of new products and product channels - Provide legal oversight and support to the product development, sales, procurement and marketing divisions of the business - Advise and support internal governance and compliance initiatives - Provide ad-hoc legal advice on the day to day management of the business - Provide legal support to the Mastercard Southern Africa Division for the entire Southern Africa Region and Indian Ocean Islands
Providing business focused legal advice to Nedbank Card Division(Issuing & Acquiring) and to the larger Retail Cluster within Nedbank; Identifying, managing and advising on legal and operational risks relating to Nedbank Card and the larger Retail; Managing Regulatory relationships (NCR, VISA, AMEX, MASTER CARD) and representation on various industry bodies and associations, such as BASA, Card Strategy Forum and PASA; Strategic partnering with Nedbank Card business and participating fully in business strategic issues, growth initiatives and product development; Providing accurate, expert and specialist legal advice to Nedbank Card and the larger Retail Cluster; Drafting, Negotiating and Structuring of complex legal agreements within Nedbank Card and larger Retail Cluster; Drafting of various legal opinions; Researching legal issues and queries; Identifying problems and providing solutions; Reflecting the agreed transaction in appropriate documentation; Identifying legal risks and addressing them by taking the appropriate steps; Reporting these risks to the relevant parties within the Bank to outside Regulators; Finding solutions to address these legal risks; Monitoring of new legislation and new legal developments in order to advise users correctly; Identify legal needs of key stakeholders and users; Proactively meeting the requirements of key stakeholders and users; New changes to the law which may impact the business Training/Sharing of legal knowledge within the Retail team and other legal clusters; Mentoring Junior Lawyers as well as direct reports; Facilitation and presenting of workshops and training sessions; Drafting of and advising on standard documentation in the divisions; Assisting in litigation and arbitration matters on behalf of the Bank and liaising with external attorneys; Meeting with Retail Credit on general issues relating to Credit in the entire Retail Cluster;