OutsideCapital

is level BBBEE2 executive search and recruitment advisor that specialises in building South Africa’s foremost accounting firms, management consulting houses, banks, insurance companies, corporates and listed organisations.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Formulate and drive the overarching legal strategy for the entire group, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and manage legal, regulatory, and compliance risks across all international business units.
• Commercial Execution: Lead the negotiation, drafting, and review of critical commercial agreements, including complex loan documentation and shareholder arrangements.
• Governance & Oversight: Serve as the key advisor on corporate governance matters, including convening and servicing the parent company’s Board of Directors and training senior leadership.
• Compliance Frameworks: Design, implement, and monitor comprehensive compliance programs covering ABC, AML, labor standards, and supply chain ethics, particularly within emerging markets.
• Budget Management: Prepare, manage, and report on the annual legal and compliance budget.
• Stakeholder Communication: Prepare and present high-level compliance and risk reports to the Board, investors, and regulatory bodies.
• Example Responsibility: Develop and champion scalable compliance training programs designed to embed regulatory adherence across geographically dispersed operational teams.

Requirements:

Must-Haves (Essential for Consideration):

• A recognized Legal Degree.
• Admitted Attorney status.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of post-articles professional experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal command of the English language.
• Proven ability to operate strategically, balancing short-term needs with long-term organizational goals.
• Demonstrated experience managing legal and compliance matters for companies operating across multiple emerging market countries, ideally with exposure to East Africa.
• High integrity and the capacity to lead positive organizational change effectively.

• Strategic Leadership: Formulate and drive the overarching legal strategy for the entire group, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and manage legal, regulatory, and compliance risks across all international business units.
• Commercial Execution: Lead the negotiation, drafting, and review of critical commercial agreements, including complex loan documentation and shareholder arrangements.
• Governance & Oversight: Serve as the key advisor on corporate governance matters, including convening and servicing the parent company’s Board of Directors and training senior leadership.
• Compliance Frameworks: Design, implement, and monitor comprehensive compliance programs covering ABC, AML, labor standards, and supply chain ethics, particularly within emerging markets.
• Budget Management: Prepare, manage, and report on the annual legal and compliance budget.
• Stakeholder Communication: Prepare and present high-level compliance and risk reports to the Board, investors, and regulatory bodies.
• Develop and champion scalable compliance training programs designed to embed regulatory adherence across geographically dispersed operational teams.

• Strategic thinking
• Risk assessment and management
• Commercial agreement negotiation and drafting
• Corporate governance advisory
• Compliance program design and implementation
• Budget management
• Stakeholder communication and reporting
• Training program development
• Exceptional written and verbal English communication
• Leadership
• Integrity
• Change management

• A recognized Legal Degree.
• Admitted Attorney status.