Legal Manager

About the role

Old Mutual is looking for a Legal Manager who will act as a specialist, gathering facts, researching applicable legal principles and applying them to provide legal advice, opinions and comments on legislation. The role also covers contract review, product and process sign-off, and supporting the wider legal function.

Key responsibilities

• Accumulate facts, identify issues, research legal principles and give legal advice, opinions and comments on legislation
• Review and sign off contracts (policy contracts, application forms and quotes)
• Write financial planning circulars, work on projects, review client communications and conduct training sessions
• Provide legal sign-off on business processes and products
• Resolve customer complaints
• Oversight of legal risk management through other managers and their teams
• Network with industry bodies and help shape and influence regulators and other stakeholders
• Contribute to talent management, including developmental interventions and coaching
• Plan and assign work, guide staff and define performance parameters and measurements
• Comment on new legislation and advise business units on its impact
• Select staff to sustain customer service delivery and assist with corporate secretarial tasks as needed

Required profile

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree
• Admitted as a legal practitioner
• Namibian citizenship
• Knowledge of applicable legislation relevant to financial services
• Working knowledge of tax and company law