SUMMARY:
Company Secretary and Legal Manager – Financial Services
POSITION INFO:
Company Secretary and Legal Manager – Financial Services
Location: La Lucia
This position is limited to BBEEE candidates due to BEE requirements.
A large financial services group in Durban seeks to appoint an experienced Company Secretary and Legal Manager.
The responsibilities as the Company Secretary includes, but are not limited to, oversight of the group secretarial and governance function, ensuring that statutory obligations are met, attendance at and participation in Committee meetings Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, Social and Ethics and Credit Committee, and providing or seeking appropriate advice on technical issues of a governance nature. The Company Secretary is responsible for the group Board and operating entity Board relationships, and to guide the Boards and Committees on Governance, ethics, conflicts, and duties.
A few of the Legal Manager’s responsibilities are to maintain knowledge of legislation and regulation applicable to the core and ancillary businesses and products, keeping abreast of compliance risks to the business, and the delivery of presentations and updates to management committees, board committees and other stakeholders on Legal, compliance and governance function and methodology.
The Legal Manager is responsible for review of contractual commitments undertaken by the business, including general operational and banking contracts, credit applications, service level agreements, service contracts, lease agreements for head office and all branches. One will be liaising with transactional attorneys, arrangers, bankers, board members and trustees on required statutory structures and all legal documentation.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A minimum of a Completed Postgraduate Law Degree
- A Certified Chartered Secretary (FCIS/FCG or ACIS/ACG)
- More than 10 years’ working experience post qualification within a banking or financial services environment required.
If you meet all the requirements specified above,and interested to further the process, kindly contact Patricia by sending your detailed CV to patricia@------
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