Legal Risk & Compliance Advisor | Fintech & Payments | Bedfordview
Humankind Group · Bedfordview, Gauteng
Overview
A commercially focused legal and compliance role within a fast paced, technology enabled financial services environment in Bedfordview. You will work closely with product, technology, operations and commercial teams to manage legal, regulatory and operational risks while supporting new products, services and partnerships. This is a great fit for an admitted attorney with payments or fintech experience who enjoys practical, business focused legal work.
About the role
Join a dynamic financial services environment as a Legal Risk & Compliance Advisor, where you will provide integrated legal, regulatory compliance and risk advisory support to business, product, technology, operations, finance and commercial teams. This role is perfect for a legal professional who thrives on commercial thinking and wants to help shape responsible growth in a technology enabled space.
What you will be doing:
- Draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements across customer, merchant, supplier, technology and outsourcing arrangements.
- Provide practical legal advice and prepare legal opinions, reports and briefing documents for management and governance forums.
- Monitor and interpret legislation, regulations and payment industry rules, then translate them into workable controls and policies.
- Conduct compliance monitoring, risk assessments and control reviews, and support audit and regulatory remediation.
- Work with regulators, auditors, external legal advisers and industry bodies as needed.
- Advise on the legal and regulatory implications of new products, partnerships and technologies.
Application note: Use reference HC006194 when applying for this role.
Requirements
- LLB or Bachelor of Laws degree
- Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
- 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in legal, regulatory compliance, risk and governance roles
- At least 3 to 5 years of experience within payments, fintech, banking, financial services, merchant acquiring, card payments, digital payments or a closely related regulated environment
- Proven experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Experience applying regulatory requirements in a commercial operating environment
- Experience conducting compliance monitoring, risk assessments and control reviews
- Experience advising on new products, commercial partnerships, technology arrangements or outsourced services
- Experience preparing reports for management, risk committees or governance forums
- Experience engaging with regulators, auditors, external legal advisers or industry bodies
- Strong legal drafting and contract negotiation skills
- Regulatory interpretation and impact analysis skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving ability with commercial acumen
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice to business units and management.
- Draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements including customer, merchant, supplier, technology and outsourcing agreements.
- Identify contractual, regulatory, liability, indemnity, data protection, intellectual property and operational risks.
- Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle from drafting through to execution, renewal and termination.
- Prepare legal opinions, advisory memoranda, reports and briefing documents.
- Support legal due diligence for partnerships, suppliers, acquisitions, investments and strategic projects.
- Advise on the legal and regulatory implications of new products, technologies, services and business models.
- Monitor and interpret applicable legislation, regulations, regulatory directives, payment industry rules and standards.
- Assess regulatory impact on business operations and translate requirements into practical controls, policies and procedures.
- Conduct compliance monitoring and reviews, including merchant onboarding, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring and data protection.
- Identify, assess and report legal, regulatory and operational risks, and maintain risk registers.
- Liaise with regulators, legal service providers, auditors and industry bodies where required and provide business focused legal and compliance guidance.
Job details
- Organisation
- Humankind Group
- Location
- Bedfordview, Gauteng
- Job type
- Full time
- Experience level
- Mid (5+ years)
- Education
- Bachelor
- Category
- Legal
- Application Method
- Apply online
Success Guide
This role is ideal if you are an admitted attorney with solid payments or fintech experience and you enjoy work that sits close to the business. When you apply, make sure your CV clearly shows your LLB, your admission as an attorney, and specific examples of commercial agreements you have drafted or negotiated. Highlight any work you have done with regulators, auditors or risk committees.
In the interview, be ready to talk through how you have handled a tricky compliance issue or a complex contract. Show that you understand the commercial pressure behind legal decisions, not just the theory. A strong sample of your drafting or a brief story about a successful remediation project could set you apart. Good luck, this is a great opportunity to grow in a fast moving financial services space.
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