Specialist: Legal Risk Product

6 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Liberty Group Limited Full time

At Liberty, we employ more than 6,000 people across 7 businesses in 18 African countries. Every day, our employees grow their knowledge by working with diverse groups of people who specialise in a wide range of skills across insurance, asset management, investment and health products. We continually seek to engage, develop, recognise and reward the people who make our business great.

To provide specialist legal advice and support in areas that require specialisation and to enable the provision of sound legal consultation services, with a primary focus on the development of new Risk products and the ongoing legal management and maintenance of existing Risk products in line with the changing regulations.

Qualifications and Experience
  • Admitted Attorney.
  • 2-3 years' experience in Financial Services would be advantageous.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the insurance and financial service sector would be beneficial.
  • An understanding of relevant financial services legislation.
  • Knowledge and understanding of products and product structures.
Skills
  • Commercial thinking and business acumen with an awareness of commercial objectives of the organisation.
  • A good working knowledge of the legislation and regulations impacting the financial services sector.
  • Ability to apply concepts of knowledge/skill without requiring supervision.
  • Ability to make quality decisions under pressure.
  • Ability to provide technical guidance when required.
  • Ability to proactively identify issues that may affect the products.
  • Good letter writing and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively manage working relationships with team members as well as internal and external clients.
Interpersonal Skills
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the consulting process as it relates to partnering with our clients to diagnose their needs, developing a realistic response, planning and implementing an intervention and evaluating results in a manner that yields the desired outcome.
  • Developing and maintaining ongoing working relationships, networks and partnerships, requiring personal interaction and mutual support to help achieve business goals.
  • Effectively meeting client needs, understanding and exceeding client expectations and requirements using the relevant technical skills, business acumen and optimal resources.
  • Applying effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication methods to achieve desired results.
  • Presents ideas effectively to individuals and groups.
  • Understands team dynamics and uses flexible interpersonal style to contribute to the effective functioning of teams and facilitate the completion of team goals.
  • Confident and assertive with an understanding of oneself and the impact they have on others.
  • Continuously learns and improves through applying an open and proactive approach to work.
  • Builds credibility and trust through being honest, ethical and fair.
  • Shows pride and a love for the work that they perform.
  • Willingness and support for learning and development opportunities in the advocacy and regulatory discipline and area of expertise.
  • Both big picture strategic thinking and attention to detail required.
  • Analytical thinking.
  • Results, solution and execution focused.
  • Organised, initiative and deadline driven.
  • Self-management (planning, prioritising & time management).
  • Ability to efficiently deal with high volumes of work and work well under pressure.
Key Responsibilities
  • Meet tactical and operational needs by identifying, diagnosing and/or addressing product-related problems in own discipline.
  • Provide advice to business on various legal and technical matters in line with the legal framework, applicable legislation and best practice standards.
  • Vetting of the policy documents of new products that are being developed, as well as changes made to existing/legacy products.
  • Attending to general legal queries and providing general legal advice and opinions.
  • Identify and communicate current and anticipated legal issues or risks.
  • Deliver exceptional legal service that exceeds customers' expectations through proactive, innovative and appropriate legal solutions.
  • Work collaboratively across the IAM business to provide excellent and effective legal advice and opinions.
  • Contribute towards a TCF service excellence culture, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Additional Key Responsibilities
  • Working closely with the product development teams, internal marketing teams, compliance and tax teams across the various business areas for product related matters.
  • Working closely with Product development- and internal Marketing and Technical marketing teams to ensure all legislative requirements are complied with when products are advertised and marketed to clients and/or potential clients, as well as Brokers and Financial Advisers.
  • Working closely with the Legal Dispute Resolution team to rectify risks that have been identified for product related matters by the said team during the litigation/dispute resolution process.
  • Vetting the various communication documents relating to Risk products that are sent out to policyholders.
  • Vetting all marketing and product related communications that are circulated to the public and the various distribution channels.
  • Provide advice on the rights, responsibilities, disclosures and available options related to products.
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