Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

REQ 137777- Tshego Semenya

Location: Sandton

Closing date: 6 February 2025

Cluster

RBB

Career Stream LegalLeadership Pipeline Manage Self: ProfessionalPosition

Senior Legal Advisor

Why join our team

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive team environment, providing exposure to a wide range of legal matters within the home loans sector. You will have significant career growth opportunities within Nedbank, be involved in high-impact projects and initiatives, and enjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Job Purpose

To provide proactive professional legal advice and risk management services to internal clients to mitigate the bank's legal risk, with a specific focus on home loans.  Further, to provide legal support for all Nedbank branches.

Job Responsibilities Manage the Retail Homeloans portfolio from a legal perspective, this will include supporting all divisions of the Homeloans team, for example Sales, Credit and Recoveries.   Provide legal advice and support specifically in the area of home loans. Handle queries from conveyancers and make ultimate decisions on conveyancing matters. Ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements, particularly in the banking sector. Foster good relationships and promote business understanding by engaging in effective communication with stakeholders. Keeping up to date with legal developments and conveying same to the Homeloans business community. Conducting ad hoc training for Business and other stakeholders. Achieve goals and objectives by understanding and embracing the Nedbank vision and demonstrating the Nedbank values through interaction with team and stakeholders. Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in the field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from management. Support personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience gained and certifications obtained within specified time frames. Maintain knowledge management and improve team success by sharing knowledge with team and stakeholders. Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives. Achieve key business strategies by participating and supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives. Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies, and systems. Minimum Experience Level 8 years post-admission experience, with at least 2 years in a banking environment or working with banking matters. Preferably 1 year +Conveyancing experience Essential Qualifications - NQF Level Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree Preferred Qualification (LL.B) Post Graduate Degree Essential Certifications Admitted Attorney Technical / Professional Knowledge Banking knowledge Business Acumen Business principles Diversity management Governance, Risk and Controls Legal Risk and practice management Nedbank culture and values Nedbank vision and strategy Regulatory, Legal and Economics Principles Research and development Stakeholder management Business writing skills Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566