To provide proactive professional legal advice and risk management services to the Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, Property Finance business ("Property Finance"). Job ResponsibilitiesProvide high quality specialist legal advice to Property Finance.Protect Nedbank's interests from a legal perspective whilst providing commercially relevant advice.Build relationships with Property Finance business colleagues.Achieve goals and objectives by understanding and embracing the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the Nedbank values through interaction with team and stakeholders.Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in 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.Deliver on risk and compliance related projects by tracking progress and ensuring completion within specified time frames.Mitigate risk and minimize losses by identifying risk factors linked to non-adherence to project timelines and recommended changes and courses of action.Improve business efficiency and minimize compliance risk by conducting gap analysis of business processes and by scrutinising relevant monthly reports.Ensure delivery on projects by planning individual activities according to business needs and monitoring actions.Minimize overall business risks by engaging and obtaining stakeholders' view of where risks exists.Make informed recommendations to stakeholders by evaluating and identifying risks and by conducting observations, analysing data and interviewing relevant parties.Foster good relationships and promote business understanding by engaging in effective communication with stakeholders.Monitor relevant legislative compliance status by receiving electronic feedback from Business Information Systems and communicating with the branches regarding actions to be taken.Create stakeholder awareness and understanding of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) by utilising reports obtained from the BCP intranet and by engaging with and ensuring that each branch has an approved business continuity plan in place.Ensure full understanding of changes on relevant legislative issues by conducting ad hoc training.Preferred QualificationBachelor of Laws (LL.B)Post Graduate DegreePreferred CertificationsAdmitted AttorneyMinimum Experience Level6 - 7 years experience as legal advisorType of ExposureDrafting finance legal agreements and opinionsGiving legal adviceManaging legal risksAssessing legal complianceIdentifying business risksNetworking and building relationshipsEstablishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with peers / managersCoaching and mentoring othersTechnical / Professional KnowledgeBanking knowledgeBusiness AcumenBusiness principlesDiversity managementGovernance, Risk and ControlsLegal Risk and practice managementNedbank culture and valuesNedbank vision and strategyRegulatory, Legal and Economics PrinciplesResearch and developmentBusiness writing skillsManagement information and reporting principles, tools and mechanismsCommunicationDecision MakingManaging WorkTechnical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
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