Legal Counsel

Introduction

You’ll be joining a fast-growing South African fintech operating in international money transfers and financial services. The business is in an exciting scale-up phase, developing new products, expanding its reach and using technology to simplify and improve the client experience.

The culture is entrepreneurial, collaborative and highly autonomous, with a strong focus on transparency, ownership and delivering quality work. Employees are trusted to manage their own time and are encouraged to take initiative, solve problems and contribute ideas.

For the successful Legal Counsel, this is an opportunity to join at an important stage of growth, work closely with senior management and help shape the company’s legal and regulatory framework, with the potential to build the legal function as the business expands.

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure legal compliance of services and products

• Collaborate with Product and Operations teams

• Provide legal guidance for new divisions or products

• Build out the legal division as the business scales

• Share strategic legal guidance with senior management

• Consult with external lawyers for specialist input

• Engage with clients and third parties for legal representation

Profile

• 2-5 years post-articles experience at a reputable SA law firm or proven in-house experience (ideally in a fintech)

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and admission as a legal practitioner/attorney

• Working knowledge and experience of legislation/regulations relevant to our services (Exchange Controls Manual, FAIS, FICA, POPIA, etc.)

• Competent at not only identifying risks, but also putting forward solutions that align with business goals

• Excellent at simplifying complex legal matters into crisp and concise summaries and recommendations (including when information is imperfect)

• A focus on prioritization when juggling multiple tasks to ensure best deliverability

• A start-up mindset, comfortable with having to rapidly pivot to new products

• Comfortable working remotely with high autonomy and staying self-motivated

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities to ensure fluid working with others

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, we regret that you have not been successful.

We offer

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