Overview
Legal Advisor: Markets Jobs in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa at Nedbank
Title: Legal Advisor: Markets
Company: Nedbank
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Career Stream
Legal
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Professional
Job Purpose
To provide legal advice to the Markets business unit to mitigate risk to Nedbank.
Job Responsibilities
Build and sustain business relations to ensure satisfied internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure continued satisfaction of stakeholders by meeting turnaround times for requests and identifying and
addressing issues or concerns through the provision of risk advice.
Provide legal input in relation to new products.
Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank
Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
Research and provide training to staff on risk.
Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green
Strategy).
Seek opportunities to improve business processes; models and systems by identifying and recommending
effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
Optimise the risk management performance of Nedbank Group by assisting business to identify; recommend
(through reporting; insights and risk analytics) and execute risk management strategies within the Group’s
defined risk appetite.
Provide risk advice to assist and enable business to achieve its risk objectives by developing; managing and
executing policies; procedures; practices of a risk nature.
Provide strategic recommendations that are well supported through insights to relevant decision-making body
to improve risk management processes and practices.
Meet internal stakeholder requirements by providing governance, policy and advisory services.
Ensure the requirements of risk; governance and compliance are addressed by embedding a risk culture within
Nedbank.
Provide advice by responding to ad hoc risk requests and queries.
Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training
courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all
learning activities are completed; experience practiced, and certifications obtained and/or maintained within.
Essential Qualifications – NQF Level
Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree
Minimum Experience Level
Admitted attorney of the High Court
0 – 2 years post articles experience
Technical / Professional Knowledge
Business principles
Business writing
Governance, Risk and Controls
Nedbank culture and values
Nedbank policies and procedures
Nedbank vision and strategy
Relevant regulatory knowledge
Relevant software and systems knowledge
Stakeholder management
Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
Behavioural Competencies
Communication
Decision Making
Managing Work
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
Continuous Learning
Innovation
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
