Senior Legal Specialist | Tygervalley

The Recruitment Council; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial advisory firm in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor to enhance the advice process and support advisers with strategic proposals in regulatory matters. Candidates should have a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and over 10 years of experience in the financial services sector. Key responsibilities include providing technical support and leading fiduciary processes while ensuring efficient interaction with various teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant knowledge, skills and experience in financial services industry.

Responsibilities

• Deal with daily tactical and legal matters.
• Implement regulatory change required in Distribution.
• Ensure proactive technical support to advisers is running efficiently.
• Continuous interaction with marketing, distribution and other divisional teams.
• Provide strategic research and proposals on technical financial advisory matters.
• Support digital advice team with logical rules.
• Provide technical support to advisers and colleagues.
• Engage with Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs team on regulatory changes.
• Define and lead the fiduciary process.
• Review and improve Fiduciary processes, policies and support systems.
• Responsible for CPD accredited training.
• Manage direct reporting staff effectively.

Skills

Ability to handle confrontational discussions

Solutions orientation

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

Deciding and Initiating Action

Persuading and influencing

Proven ability to identify, assess and solve problems

Adaptable and resilient

Emotional intelligence

Teamwork

Presentation skills (design and present in front of audience)

Education

Bachelor of Law (LLB)

CFP (advantageous)

Job description

Overview

Job description :

The main purpose of the role is to participate in the enhancement of the advice process and digital financial advice tool utilising holistic financial planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Deal with daily tactical and legal matters
• Implement regulatory change required in Distribution
• Ensure proactive technical support to advisers is running efficiently
• Continuous interaction with marketing, distribution and other divisional teams
• Undertake strategic research and provide strategic proposals, on topics as requested by and agreed with Distribution Exco as the subject matter expert (SME) on technical financial advisory matters (e.g., EB, s42, HNW product offering etc.)
• Process owner (non-digital) of Wealth Advice Process - define and document requirements based on business needs for digital advice project
• As SME, support the digital advice team with practical suggestions and logical rules to guide and monitor advice to clients.
• Provide technical support to advisers, TAS colleagues, other Distribution teams (including Marketing) on proactive and reactive basis.
• Technical support to advisers / colleagues / regional distribution teams on advice process system related queries / issues
• Regularly engage with the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs (PPARA) team to understand the impact of regulatory changes identified by PPARA on Distribution and determine, assess and furnish proposals on how such impact can be managed and mitigated within the Distribution network with the support of standardised processes, standardised documents and systems.
• Represent TAS on distribution / advice and technical matters both within TAS and non-TAS related committees / forums.
• Define and lead the fiduciary process, chair the Fiduciary Technical committee and provide fiduciary support into the distribution activities of Distribution Wealth.
• Review and improve Fiduciary processes, policies, local & offshore provider services and IT support systems
• Responsible for CPD accredited training
• Effective management of direct reporting staff

Minimum requirements

• Qualifications
• Bachelor of Law (LLB)
• CFP (advantageous)
• 10 + years, relevant knowledge, skills and experience in financial services industry

Skills / Competencies

• Ability to handle confrontational discussions
• Solutions orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Persuading and influencing
• Proven ability to identify, assess and solve problems
• Adaptable and resilient
• Emotional intelligence
• Teamwork
• Presentation skills (design and present in front of audience)