Role Description

• Act as the senior, trusted employment law adviser across FNZ’s EU, APAC and MEA regions, including South Africa

• Provide strategic, pragmatic and commercially sound employment law advice to People leadership and senior management

• Shape and support FNZ’s people strategy through legally robust, scalable and regionally aligned solutions

• Operate as a key partner to the Head of People, EU and the Chief People Officer, APMEA

• Lead complex, sensitive and high-risk employment matters across diverse legal systems

• Support a fast-growing, regulated global organisation navigating transformation and change

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Lead all employment and labour law matters across EU, APAC and MEA jurisdictions, including South Africa

• Advise on the full employee lifecycle, including hiring, mobility, performance, discipline and exits

• Advise on data privacy and protection laws in an employment context, including GDPR and relevant EU, APAC and MEA frameworks (e.g. cross-border data transfers, employee data processing, workplace monitoring, investigations and whistleblowing), ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and FNZ policies

• Manage cross-border restructurings, redundancies and collective consultation processes

• Advise on senior executive employment matters, including contracts, incentives, equity and severance

• Support and lead investigations, grievances and whistleblowing matters

• Partner closely with People teams and local management to deliver practical solutions

• Manage employment litigation and disputes, coordinating external counsel

• Draft and maintain employment contracts, policies, bonus plans and governance documents

• Advise on data protection, confidentiality and insider obligations in an employment context

• Monitor legal developments and assess impact across regions

• Act as escalation point for high-risk and sensitive people matters

Experience required

What you will need: -

• Qualified lawyer with 10–12 years’ post-qualification experience in employment law

• Significant and practical experience across multiple EU jurisdictions and APAC/MEA

• Background in a multinational organisation or top-tier law firm

• Proven ability to advise senior executives and lead complex matters independently

• Deep expertise in employment, labour and employee relations law

• Strong experience with restructurings, collective consultation and workforce change

• Excellent drafting, negotiation and advisory skills

• Sound understanding of data protection and confidentiality obligations

• Strong commercial judgement and risk management capability

• Ability to lead complex projects across jurisdictions

Languages, Leadership & Personal Attributes

• Fluent English is essential. Proficiency in at least one additional EU language and one APAC or MEA language is highly desirable.

• Credible, confident and influential senior adviser

• Highly collaborative and comfortable working with senior People leaders

• Able to lead through influence in matrix environments

• Resilient, pragmatic and calm under pressure

• Culturally aware with international experience

• Strong alignment with FNZ values and people-first culture

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.