Like the business builders we serve, Sage began as a startup. Our founder David Goldman wanted to automate accounting processes in his own business. He worked with a team of Newcastle University students in the UK to develop software to make it happen and realised other businesses could benefit from this too.

In 1981, he formed Sage. In 1998, Sage came to North America with the acquisition of leading desktop accounting software, Peachtree.

Today Sage has 13 000 employees and serves over 3 million customers in 23 countries across mainland Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and Latin America.

In 2017, Sage acquired Intacct and Fairsail. In 2018, Sage launched Sage Business Cloud.

People make Sage great. From our colleagues delivering ground-breaking solutions to the customers who use them: people have helped us grow for more than thirty years, and people are driving our future as a great SaaS company. We’re writing our next chapter. Be part of it! Experience has taught us that when our customers thrive, we thrive. As a team, we always start with what customers need. Through the good… and more challenging times. Innovating at pace so customers can manage their finances, operations and people. Every one of us shapes our culture at Sage - doing what’s right and succeeding together, united by our commitment to each other. We encourage each other to grow in our roles, in our careers and as individuals. Follow us on our social media sites below to join in conversations about career tips, open positions and company news! #lifeatsage #sagecareers. If you would like support with your application (or require any adjustments) please contact us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:careers@sage.com">careers@sage.com</a>&nbsp;for assistance. All qualified applicants will be thoughtfully considered and never discriminated against based on their race, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Sage is committed to youth skills development by providing graduates with an opportunity to gain work experience to ready them for the corporate world. Applications are invited for the Legal Internship for unemployed graduates between the age of 18 and 35. The Internship program will run for a period of twelve (12) months.

&nbsp;Drafting of Legal Advice and Opinions; • Vetting of legal documents including operational manuals and policies; • Drafting articles for publication in the internal Legal Brief; • Drafting and vetting of Contracts; • Provision of transactional support to the business; • Participate in contract negotiations; • Attendance of and advice to different Committees; • Instructing and consulting with external legal service providers; • Drafting of briefing notes/Memos to the Executive Management; • Management and achieving of Contracts; and • Stakeholder relations management. Qualifications • LLB Degree Technical and behavioural competencies required The successful candidate will be required to display the following competencies in this role: • Written and verbal communication skills • Interpersonal skills • Detail orientation • Desire and potential to learn • Self-motivated • Basic computer skills • Prioritize tasks as needed

Legal Intern

To provide structured, pragmatic and risk based legal support and act as a legal business partner to those business areas supported by the AME team including the Strategic Alliances, Marketing, Corporate Development, Product, Privacy and Commercial Sales.

Under the direction of the Regional Legal Director, AME: • As a valued business partner as a collaborative business partner, deliver end-to-end legal advice to those business areas supported by the AME legal team. • Demonstrates a sound understanding of Sage's key strategic and functional areas. • Work collaboratively with other teams within Legal Services to ensure effective and fully aligned end-to-end legal support to wider business colleagues. • Ensure that governance is adhered to and collaborate with other functional colleagues (e.g. Procurement; Tax; Finance; HR, Risk, Assurance , Compliance and Company Secretarial) to ensure that legal risk is managed in accordance with Sage risk tolerances. • Advise, influence and support key stakeholders at all levels across our operations to ensure close alignment between Legal Services and business areas. Skills, know-how and experience: Must have: • Extensive experience of working with businesses to solve their commercial challenges in an effective, practical way. • Experience in technology and telecommunications industries and experience of negotiating technology contracts is required. • A track record of delivering commercially sound legal advice to business • Positive, pro-active, ‘can-do’ attitude; solutions-orientated; execution focussed. • Bright, articulate and commercially astute • Self-motivated; excellent organisation and time management skills. • Ability to manage a demanding workload according to competing business priorities; goes the extra mile and does what is necessary to get the job done • Capable of co-ordinating multi-territory legal support. • Excellent at building trusted and strong working relationships. • High level of integrity with a desire to do the right thing and maintain ethical standards within applicable laws. • Drive and determination to deliver outstanding results every time. • Excellent communicator and able to explain complex legal matters clearly • Solid analytical and commercial legal skills • Works unsupervised producing consistent high quality deliverables • Provides pragmatic legal solutions to complicated commercial challenges • Good understanding of data privacy and other regulation relevant to Sage • Drive and determination to deliver outstanding results in a fast-paced environment. • A detailed understanding of commercial law is required. In-depth knowledge of other relevant legal disciplines (e.g. data protection; ecommerce; marketing; technology) is also highly desirable. Technical / professional qualifications: • A qualified lawyer (Admitted Attorney) with a minimum of between 3- 5 years’ post articles qualification experience within private practice or within a commercial environment. • Fluent English speaker, additional languages advantageous Key performance indicators: • Effective delivery of all required legal accountabilities to a consistently high standard, on time. • Contribution to success of overall Legal services delivery by identifying and delivering pragmatic solutions. • Colleagues evangelise about the added value Legal Services brings to Sage. • Strong relationships built with wider business colleagues. • Consistently positive feedback from key legal and business stakeholders.

Legal Counsel

Ozow is the future of payment — a world-class payment platform for customers and merchants that is Ozow easy, Ozow fast, and Ozow secure. With benefits as big as our ambitions, we’re looking for candidates who can inspire us and be inspired by us. We’re striving to become the industry leader that provides the simplest and easiest way to pay. And while we’re on our way to building an inclusive payments market, we’re building an equally inclusive workforce. So, join us as we achieve big things and beyond.

As Company Secretary and Legal Manager at Ozow, you will be&nbsp;the direct and central liaison between the Company and its shareholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;You will provide guidance on governance matters to the Board and committees and the company and implement measures to ensure compliance within the applicable regulatory environment.&nbsp;

You will assume accountability for the drafting, evaluation, processing, and administration of new and existing intermediary contracts and related functions all within the agreed communication channels. You will further assist with research, legal drafting, and updates concerning Company compliance in the national payment industry in South Africa and other jurisdictions of strategic interest to Ozow.

Your roles and responsibilities – Company Secretary

Your roles and responsibilities – Legal Manager

These are&nbsp;unprecedented times and because our people couldn’t be more important to us, health and safety couldn’t be more important to us. We’ve made sure that our office is a safe place to work and we’ll continue to do so, to&nbsp;ensure that we combat the spread of COVID-19.

Benefits as big as our ambitions — huge

At Ozow, first and foremost, you’ll get to do meaningful work and grow your career. But we’re also not your average 9-5 company. We work together and play together and because we really care, we offer plenty of perks too.

Fitness challenges and healthy eating. Medical and Life insurance plans. Be the hero or toast the hero of the month at first-Friday drinks. Take half a day off from work on your birthday and let us celebrate this special day with you by giving you a little spoil. Your family is our family, they to get spoils and get to join us on special events. Our holistic wellness program will give you access to a toll-free confidential telephonic counselling line which is available in all 11 languages, 365 days a year. We thrive on seeing our team members grow by creating a learning culture. There is so much more where this came from, but enough to get you excited.

If we seem like the kind of forward-thinking, progress-making, energetic company you’ve been waiting for, give us a shout. We’d love to hear from you.

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