Senior Legal Advisor III

Job Description

Hello, Future, Senior Legal Advisor III,

Welcome to Direct Axis, the home of the #Changeables.

We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud with people that make it happen.

As a Senior Legal Advisor III, you will join a team where experts come together to ignite effective change. We call these #changeables our nav-igators – people who want to use tech to help others nav-igate their lives and businesses. As nav-igators, we are made up of unique talents, diverse minds, adaptability, and we live up to the promise of staying curious.

Join a dynamic, fast-paced in-house legal team at PSAS (Personal Segment Advisory & Suites), which sits at the heart of strategic business initiatives for the Personal Segment. As Senior Legal Advisor, you will be a key partner to the business, providing expert legal advice and hands-on legal support with a strong focus on contract drafting, negotiation, and privacy law guidance.

To provide legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business on the implementation of policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Are you someone who can:

To provide legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business on the implementation of policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and business processes.

Contracting

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including strategic partnerships, outsourcing arrangements, sponsorships, and funding agreements.
• Develop and maintain bespoke contract templates and playbooks for third-party agreements.
• Collaborate with Procurement Legal and business stakeholders to ensure contracts are fit-for-purpose, enforceable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Support contract lifecycle management and record keeping.
• Advise on delegations of authority, internal SLAs, and campaign/competition rules.

Privacy Law

• Provide expert guidance on privacy law related topics and draft legal opinions.
• Support business and compliance teams with privacy-related risk assessments including Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIA), Compatibility Assessments (CA), Privacy by Design, and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
• Monitor and interpret emerging privacy legislation, international trends, and industry best practices.

Legal Risk Management & Advisory

• Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislation industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders. Research and provide legal opinion on a variety of issues and new business projects within the business to proactively identify, assess and manage legal risk.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across business initiatives, products, and processes (extensive collaboration with other risk partners such as compliance and operational risk).
• Prepare and present legal opinions, memos, and reports to stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development and embedding of legal risk management tools, frameworks, and reporting templates.
• Collaborate extensively with Group Legal, Segment Legal, Centres of Excellence (COEs), and subject matter experts.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with business, compliance, operational risk, and external partners.
• Act as a trusted legal partner, translating complex legal concepts into plain language and actionable advice.

You'll be an ideal candidate if you have:

Experience & Qualifications

• Admitted attorney with at least 5 years' post-qualification experience (preference for financial services experience).
• Proven track record in drafting and negotiating complex contracts in a corporate or financial services environment (specialist expertise).
• Deep understanding of privacy legislation (POPIA, GDPR, etc.) and practical experience in privacy risk management (preferred).
• Experience in legal risk management, regulatory interpretation, and providing business-focused legal advice.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and thrive in a high-volume, high-impact environment.
• Adaptability/learning agility – to be comfortable with ambiguity, context-switching, and taking on a mix of work within the PSAS space.
• Technological proficiency (preferred).

You Will Have Access To

• Opportunities to network, collaborate and work across Segments and teams
• Challenging work environment
• Opportunities to innovate and add value to team, leadership and business effectiveness.

We Can Be a Match If You Are

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• You are open to ongoing personal mastery & development.

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

10/12/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group's Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.