Job Introduction
G4S Secure Solutions (SA), a leading provider of integrated security management solutions, has a vacancy for Legal Manager a based at our operations in Centurion.
Reporting to the Senior Regional Legal Counsel, the successful incumbent is a self-starter with a proven track record in maintaining company policy, adopting best practices, and is able to exercise sound judgement in the pursuit of the achievement of the goals of the organisation, and understanding the role which the Legal Manager plays within a successful business unit. The incumbent will be expected to be results driven and to live the values of the organisation.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, but SA citizens will have a distinct advantage.
Role Responsibility
The primary responsibilities of the role will entail:
Corporate
- Provide support to the Senior Regional Legal Counsel on legal restructuring and shareholder transactions.
- Arrange and attend board and shareholders meetings and preparation of agendas and minutes.
- Preparation and arrange the execution of powers of attorney, resolutions, agendas and minutes.
- Ensure that the corporate procedures in the business are effective, with particular regard to renewal of licences.
- Assist the business as and when required to monitor licences to ensure adequate records are maintained and licences are renewed in a timely manner.
- Ensure the registers and books of G4S companies within South Africa are kept updated.
- Ensure that the Company Secretarial Database is kept updated to reflect the latest information registered locally by G4S companies in relation to share capital, ownership, directors and officers, registered addresses and any other relevant information.
- Provide training and development on G4S standard terms and conditions and CRM guidelines.
- Implement and ongoing monitoring of the use of G4S standard terms and conditions and CRM guidelines.
- Prepare, review and negotiate G4S standard terms and conditions.
- Review and negotiate customer and supplier terms and conditions.
- Review and negotiate requests for proposals.
- Support the business with the completion of KYC and routine RFP questionnaires.
- Support with the local CRM process and Salesforce.
- Prepare renewals and terminations of contracts.
- General contact management and managing the contract database.
- Prepare instructions and instruct external legal counsel in relation to insured and uninsured claims.
- Manage the relationship and performance of external legal counsel.
- Agree, review and approve external legal costs.
- Research and advise the Senior Legal Counsel and the Human Resources Director on local labour law.
- Provide support to the Human Resources Director on employee claims.
- Agree, review and approve external legal costs.
- Responsible for ensuring all internal legal systems are kept up to date.
- Responsible for reporting to both local management, Region and other Group functions
Must have a Law Degree.
- Must be an Admitted Attorney.
- Must have at least five years post article experience at a law firm, being advantageous.
- Must have demonstrable experience working on corporate and commercial transactions.
- Must be fluent (read, write and speak) in English.
- Must be computer literate .
- Must be able to communicate in a professional manner with various functions within the Group.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage complex, multi-faceted transactions with multiple, inter-related work streams.
- Ability to competently facilitate key and relevant information to the management teams as and when required.
