Senior Manager - Legal & Compliance at Ability Executive Recruitment

About the position

Assist with the contract drafting, review and finalising of all contracts for the organisation compliance and risk activities of the business, including insurance,claims, SHE and quality of output.

Legal
Contracts: 

• Review & authorise all new leases
  
• Review & approve major new service provider contracts or amendments to existing contracts
  
• Draft and /or review all client agreements
  
• Assist negotiations with contacts/agreements with clients
  
• Maintain contract register and records
  

Litigation

• Deal with any letters of demand or summons served/received
  
• Instruct and manage external attorneys
  
• Depose to necessary affidavits
  

Company Secretarial

• Obtain Board Resolutions from Company secretarial where necessary and ensure accuracy thereof
  
• Obtain up to date company legal documentation from Company Secretarial and make available
  
• Draft minutes of the Executive Committee or Risk Committee meetings
  

Risk Management

• Maintain Business Risk Register
  
• Monitor the company’s progress on risk reduction objectives and targets
  
• Quarterly report to the Risk Committee & attend the meeting
  
• Assist with the preparation of the quarterly report to the Risk Committee & attend the meeting
  

Compliance

• Keep up to date with applicable legislative changes applicable
  
• Communicate updates on legal and risk management requirements where appropriate
  
• Arrange training on legislative changes where necessary
  

Insurance & Claims
Insurance

• Management of claims team
  
• Deal with general insurance queries
  
• Compile insurance requirements for new assets, properties and clients in collaboration with the Head of Legal
  
• Ensure contracts comply with insurer’s requirements
  

Claims

• Oversee claims process is followed and claims dealt with expeditiously
  
• Assist with communication to third parties and / or clients where necessary
  
• Report on claims (including progress and management)
  

Compliance

• Practical experience in the implementation and embedding of integrated compliance program at a large organisation
  
• Assist with and oversee sustainability measures and reporting
  

Safety, Health, Environment, Quality
SHE

• Assist the Head of Legal on reporting on SHE relating to business. Liase with National SHEQ Manager
  
• Assist with and oversee sustainability measures and reporting
  

Other
People

• Proactively support and grow key collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders
  
• Manage legal and claims staff and their development and report to the Head of Legal
  

Budget

• Monitor departmental expenses to ensure they are within the annual budget parameters
  

Financial Responsibility

• Authorise claims and contracts in line with authority levels matrix
  

Requirements

• LLB degree
  
• Admitted attorney or Advocate
  
• At least 10 years corporate legal experience post admission
  
• At least 4 years at Senior Management level
  

Desired Skills:

• legal
• compliance
• legal contracts
• contracts management
• risk management
• logistics

Desired Qualification Level:

• Masters

About The Employer:

We focus on perfection, on finding the absolute top executive for your recruitment needs. Where other agencies may hire for every role within an organization or across a number of verticals, we have selected to remain within specific industries.
Our niche approach ensures that we know and understand your requirements and have the right relationships and expertise to find the perfect executive or perfect placement for every candidate.