Legal Advisor II

FNB South Africa; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial institution is seeking a Legal Advisor II to provide expert legal counsel across various business areas. This role involves managing legal projects, ensuring compliance with legislation, and contributing to executive decision-making. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, an ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and expertise in managing legal risks effectively. Applicants should be adaptable, collaborative, and possess high emotional intelligence to engage with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified attorney with experience in providing legal advice.
• Ability to manage disputes and legal projects effectively.
• Proficient in legal documentation and compliance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to the leadership team.
• Contribute to strategic decision-making and governance.
• Report on legal risk management and compliance.

Skills

Dynamic adaptation

Customer experience focus

Business case development

Cross-functional engagement

Problem solving

Strong collaboration

Emotional intelligence

Job description

Job title: Legal Advisor II

Job Location: Gauteng, Randburg

Deadline: January 12, 2026

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Responsibilities

• Provide advice to the leadership team across the range of the business area’s legal interests, risks, and obligations.
• Contribute to legal assurance perspective to the business area’s strategic and governance processes, particularly the executive decision‑making process.
• Provide professional legal services which may include sound legal advice, expert drafting of legal documentation, managing disputes, and managing of legal projects.
• Report to business area management on legal matters.
• Evaluate the merit of potentially litigious disputes and consult with the relevant stakeholders to protect the interests of the business area.
• Identify emerging legal risks and ensure training on legal risk management takes place.
• Provide comments on emerging legislation that impacts business area.
• Report on legal risk management in the business area; seeking input and guidance on more complex ambiguous issues.
• Provide insight into the strategy for the business area and add value to decision‑making processes alongside other business area managers.
• Drive the implementation of strategic objectives to sustain action towards the achievement of both organisational and the legal function objectives.
• Add value to the development and implementation of internal controls, policies and guidelines for the legal function and specific business area, ensuring their alignment to functional objectives and statutory requirements.
• Conduct medium to long‑term planning, making decisions and taking action to achieve challenging goals and deliver on multiple complex tasks.
• Provide legal expertise to develop innovative and relevant technology requirements in order to drive the optimisation of work output.
• Use digitisation effectively to work smarter, more efficiently and accurately on document reviews, reporting, effective filing of matters and sharing of information with peers.
• Understand the business unit goals and consider same when executing transactions in an effective, efficient manner through the utilisation of technology and simplified processes.
• Stay up to date in all developments in the law in relation to his / her areas of legal practice.
• Comply with all professional and ethical standards relevant to in‑house legal advisers.
• Monitor, analyse and evaluate the impact and legal implications of developments in the industry and related areas, including the activities of competitors, and pro‑actively work with the Legal Centres of Expertise and recommend effective courses of action so that either a stance may be adopted, or potential threats may be averted.
• Monitoring compliance with legal and statutory requirements related to legal risks of the organisation.

We would love to see applicants who are:

• Dynamic and thrive in a fast‑paced environment and is driven by strategic delivery and a desire to create exceptional customer experiences.
• Passionate about developing business cases to drive business decisions.
• Excited to engage with cross‑functional teams to understand and deliver business value.

Dare to imagine the change with us, if you are:

• An adaptable problem solver who does not fear change but thrives on it
• A disruptor in your field of Legal, and “using IT for Good” expertise
• An initiative taker who identifies opportunity and delivers results
• A strong collobarator
• A nav-igator of the future

We’ll make a good match if you’re:

• Curious - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become great at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• Courageous - you're brave enough to think and do things differently and are always ready to put your hand up and take ownership
• A team player - you believe in the power of teams so you're always part of one, building and leveraging your networks
• Emotionally intelligent - you have a high EQ that enables you to truly connect with people, no matter how technical or specialist your role is

End Date: January 12, 2026