Discovery Life
Legal Advisor
Marketing Legal
About Discovery
Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
About Discovery Life
Discovery Life is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative risk assurance to individual clients. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.
Key Purpose
Providing the highest quality legal advice, legal opinions, to relevant internal and external stakeholders regarding all legal related matters to minimize risk of the organization.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Legal advice: Attend and oversee legal and other queries from financial advisors and clients
Legal drafting: To draft buy and sell contracts and provide input with Estate Planning and trusts
Collaboration: To train and advise financial advisors on how to use Discovery's products in conjunction with tax, estate duty and forex legislation to increase sales
Marketing: To provide seminars and high profile events to maximize the exposure of Discovery's products by utilizing the latest tax, legal and investment highlights
Knowledge: To stay up to date with the latest legal and tax changes affecting Discovery and the industry
Education and Experience
Essential
Matric
Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree
5 years + experience in the Financial Services/Insurance Industry
Advantageous
LLM
CFP
Qualification in Tax
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
Sound knowledge of tax, estate duty, insurance and Forex legislation
Drafting and review of legal documentation such as buy and sell contracts, trust deeds and wills
Ability to train and present to large groups
Working experience in the Long-Term Insurance industry
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.