
Senior Employment Counsel
2 weeks ago
**About Airwallex**
Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide - including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more - with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
**About the Role**
Airwallex is a global fintech platform helping modern businesses operate across borders with ease. Backed by leading investors and valued at over $5 billion, we power high-growth companies with global payments, treasury, and embedded financial services. With teams across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA, we’re scaling rapidly and looking for team members who thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments.
We’re seeking a sharp, pragmatic, and globally minded Senior Employment Counsel to join our growing legal team. This role will provide strategic employment advice across APAC, EMEA and beyond, supporting our People team and business leaders on a wide range of employment matters. We're looking for someone with both in-house and law firm experience, ideally with a track record of working across multiple jurisdictions in complex, fast-scaling environments.
**What You’ll Do**- Advise on the full range of employment issues, including hiring, performance management, terminations, compensation, investigations, and employee relations.- Partner with the People team and business leaders to support compliant, scalable employee lifecycle practices.- Conduct and oversee internal workplace investigations.- Collaborate on and lead employment-related litigation and pre-litigation matters.- Develop and scale employment processes through policies, training, templates, and tooling.- Monitor legal and regulatory developments across jurisdictions and assess their business impact.- Support cross-border employment issues, including remote work, international expansion, and mobility.
**Who You Are**- 5-11 years of experience practicing employment law, with a mix of in-house counsel and law firm experience strongly preferred.- Qualified and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction; APAC and/or EMEA regional experience required.- Strong understanding of global employment laws, particularly across APAC and EMEA.- Proven ability to lead or advise on sensitive employee relations matters and investigations.- Skilled at working independently and navigating ambiguity in a high-growth, global business.- Excellent communicator with strong judgment, discretion, and a collaborative approach.- Fluent in English; additional languages such as Chinese are a plus.
**Equal opportunity**
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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