Legal Advisor

Momentum Group Limited; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Centurion is seeking a legal specialist to enhance legal capabilities within Momentum Insure. The role involves managing legal risks, providing corporate legal advice, and supporting strategic growth initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor of Law Degree and 1-2 years experience in the Financial Services Industry. Strong negotiation and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years of experience within the Financial Services Industry.
• Admitted attorney is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, manage, monitor, and report on legal risks.
• Draft, negotiate, review contracts.
• Provide strategic legal support and guidance.
• Build relationships through specialist legal opinion.

Skills

Excellent organisational and administrative skills

Report writing skills

Attention to detail

Negotiation skills

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Problem solving ability

Analytical thinker

Education

Bachelor of Law Degree

Job description

Introduction

Momentum Group Limited (Momentum Group) is a significant player in South Africa's life insurance and integrated financial services sectors. We are a proud Level 1 B-BBEE South African-based group dedicated to building and protecting our clients' financial dreams. Our client-facing retail and specialist brands, including renowned names such as Momentum, Metropolitan, Guardrisk, and Eris Properties, play a pivotal role in fulfilling this purpose.

Our federated model emphasises empowerment, accountability, and continuous engagement with all our stakeholders. Designed in close consultation with leaders across the group, this operating model aims to unleash each business unit's inherent energy and commercial drive through our collaborative federated approach.

Visit us at www.momentumgroupltd.co.za

Role Purpose

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

Responsibilities and work outputs

• Ability to identify, assess, manage, monitor and report on current and potential legal risks within Momentum Insure.
• Continuously staying abreast with changes in legislation, regulations, proposals from regulators and provide research on legal related topics and providing legal opinions within the financial services sector.
• 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 legal opinion.
• Assist, support and contribute to Risk Management and Legal Management within Momentum Insure
• Effective implementation of policies and guidelines.
• Assist in the effective execution of the Legal Risk Management Framework including implementation of same throughout the organisation.
• Tracking and monitoring of key legal risk indicators, controls and action plans.
• Assisting in compiling legal reports.
• Attend to general legal queries, as and when requested
• Continuously develop your own expertise in terms of the industry and subject matter development and application thereof in an area of specialization
• Ability to project manage legal deliverables in conjunction with stakeholder
• Provide legal training or insights 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 and self-disciplined
• Attention to detail
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Problem solving ability, analytical thinker with investigative instinct
• Business Acumen

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Law Degree required
• 1 to 2 years, experience within the Financial Services Industry
• Admitted attorney (advantageous)

Location:

The role is based in the Centurion office.

All positions will be filled in accordance with our Employment Equity plan. We also encourage people with disabilities to apply.