Senior Employment Counsel

1 day ago

Singapore Airwallex Full time
Overview

Senior Employment Counsel role at Airwallex. Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. We empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions for business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. We are proud to be based in Melbourne with a global team and offices across the globe. We're looking for a sharp, pragmatic, and globally minded Senior Employment Counsel to join our growing legal team to provide strategic employment advice across APAC, EMEA and beyond, supporting the People team and business leaders on a wide range of employment matters. We seek someone with 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. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). If you are approached by someone claiming to represent Airwallex, please verify with our team.

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