Legal & Company Secretarial Specialist

About the role

Rewardsco is seeking a strategic legal professional to lead its Legal & Company Secretarial function. You will partner with executives and functional leaders to provide commercially focused legal advice, manage contracts, and ensure robust corporate governance across the group.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and maintaining commercial agreements.
• Incorporate commercial and risk‑mitigation clauses, maintain contract registers, approval workflows, and status reporting.
• Provide legal guidance to executives and functional heads, conduct contract risk assessments, and develop standard templates.
• Support audits, due diligence processes, and legal record management.
• Lead the Company Secretarial function, ensuring compliance with the Companies Act 71 of 2008 and other regulations.
• Maintain statutory registers, governance documentation, and coordinate board and committee meetings.
• Submit statutory returns, disclosures, and regulatory filings on time.
• Monitor regulatory changes, prepare governance and risk reports, and drive continuous improvement of legal and governance processes.

Required profile

• Degree in Law, Corporate Governance, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a corporate legal administration environment.
• Proven experience performing company secretarial duties.
• Experience in the Financial Services industry is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of company secretarial practices and statutory compliance requirements.
• Sound understanding of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (South Africa).
• Solid grasp of contract management and legal administrative processes.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to influence strategic business outcomes.
• Dynamic, fast‑paced environment with growth potential.