Senior Legal Specialist: Financial Planning & Advice – Tygervalley, Cape Town

Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
Full-time

29 days ago
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Senior Legal Specialist within the Financial Planning and Wealth industry with an LLB, Postgraduate Diploma Financial Planning and preferably CFP, with minimum 10 years' experience in the Financial Services Industry, required to participate in the enhancement of the advice process and digital financial advice tool utilising financial planning experience.Minimum requirements:

Bachelor of Law (LLB) essential
Postgraduate Diploma Financial Planning advantageous
CFP (advantageous)
Minimum 10 years' relevant experience in the financial services industry required
Ability to handle confrontational discussions
Solutions orientation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
Presentation skills (design and present in front of audience)

Responsibilities:

Deal with daily tactical and legal matters
Implement regulatory change required in Distribution
Ensure proactive technical support to advisers is running efficiently
Continuous interaction with marketing, distribution and other divisional teams
Undertake strategic research and provide strategic proposals, on topics as requested by and agreed with Distribution Exco as the subject matter expert (SME) on technical financial advisory matters (e.g., EB, s42, HNW product offering etc.)
Process owner (non-digital) of Wealth Advice Process – define and document requirements based on business needs for digital advice project
As SME, support the digital advice team with practical suggestions and logical rules to guide and monitor advice to clients
Provide technical support to advisers, TAS colleagues, other Distribution teams (including Marketing) on proactive and reactive basis
Technical support to advisers/colleagues/regional distribution teams on advice process system related queries/issues
Regularly engage with the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs (PPARA) team to understand the impact of regulatory changes identified by PPARA on Distribution and determine, assess and furnish proposals on how such impact can be managed and mitigated within the Distribution network with the support of standardised processes, standardised documents and systems
Represent TAS on distribution/advice and technical matters both within TAS and non-TAS related committees / forums
Define and lead the fiduciary process, chair the Fiduciary Technical committee and provide fiduciary support into the distribution activities of Distribution Wealth Review and improve Fiduciary processes, policies, local & offshore provider services and IT support systems
Responsible for CPD accredited training
Effective management of direct reporting staff

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