
Transaction Manager
- Johannesburg, Gauteng Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Draft and Review Legal Documentation: Prepare Corporate Services Agreements, Declarations of Trust, Local Service Agreements, and transaction-related legal documents, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.
- Manage Legal Risk and Disputes: Oversee litigation, claims, and disputes; implement debtor policies; and advise internal stakeholders on legal matters.
- Drive Compliance and Governance: Maintain and enhance internal controls, KYC processes, and corporate governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with regulatory and TMF Group standards.
- Client Onboarding and Transaction Execution: Lead end-to-end onboarding of new clients and transactions, including compliance checks, documentation review, and system setup.
- Service Delivery Oversight: Coordinate and monitor service delivery across operational teams, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality execution of client deliverables.
- Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and escalation point for service and transaction matters.
- Portfolio and Performance Management: Oversee billing, debt recovery, internal audits, and profitability analysis; manage budgets and optimize team performance through coaching and training.
- Transaction Monitoring and Risk Management: Scrutinize transaction documents, identify risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide training on relevant legislation and policies.
- Fiduciary Responsibilities: Serve as director or trustee representative on client entities, attending board meetings, monitoring service providers, and ensuring governance standards are met.
- Process Improvement and Technology Enablement: Continuously seek opportunities to enhance legal, risk, and compliance processes through technology and scalable solutions
- Graduate in or have a high-level of experience in a relevant field, i.e. LLB, Business and Finance or Compliance.
- Being a qualified attorney or advocate with capital markets and/or structured finance experience.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in client service/reporting - preferably to institutional clients
- Operational and administrative knowledge of an asset management business would be advantageous.
- Experience in a legal, compliance or company secretarial department, or alternatively experience at a corporate services provider or within capital markets and/or structured finance field.
- Experience dealing with securitisations and/or capital markets transactions.
- Expertise in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
- All employees are given a UPs to be able to work during loadshedding
- Quarterly team building once a quarter for all employees
- Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy
- Collaborative, supportive work environment where individuals are able to grow and shape their careers
- Biannual team building and year end celebration
- We provide internal career opportunities so you can take your career further within TMF
- You'll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients
- Through our corporate social responsibility program, you'll also be making a difference in the communities where we work
- Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace
- Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best