FNZ
Senior Legal Counsel, Group Employment
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Senior Employment Law & Global Reward Advisor
About the Role
This is a senior, high-impact position combining responsibilities as a UK employment law advisor alongside global reward and compensation advisory duties. You will serve as a trusted UK employment lawyer to the business, the equity & reward function, and the UK People team, advising across the full employee lifecycle.
In parallel, you will support FNZ’s global reward strategy, including equity incentive arrangements, executive remuneration and long-term incentive structures. The role demands close partnership with People, Legal, Finance, Tax, and senior management.
Specific Role Responsibilities
UK Employment Law & People Advisory
- Advise on disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, TUPE, investigations, and employee relations
- Manage contentious matters, including tribunal strategy and external counsel representation
- Draft contracts, HR policies, and settlement agreements
- Partner closely with the UK People team on employee lifecycle matters
UK Employment Law Change & Transformation
- Support implementation of UK employment law reforms, including legislative changes (2025–2026)
- Lead restructuring and organisational change projects
- Deliver training to People teams and managers
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Global Reward & Compensation
- Advise on global reward and compensation frameworks, equity plans, and executive remuneration
- Support the design, implementation, and governance of global equity plans and incentive schemes
- Ensure governance and documentation of incentive structures, including board and committee approvals
- Monitor regulatory developments affecting reward and compensation
- Partner with Tax, Finance, and HR teams
Experience Required
Qualifications & Experience
- A qualified lawyer with 10–12 years’ post-qualification experience
- Strong UK employment law expertise, alongside experience in reward, compensation, and incentive structures
- Proven experience in a multinational environment or at a top-tier law firm
- Exceptional ability to advise senior stakeholders on complex legal and commercial matters
- Outstanding drafting and advisory skills with commercial awareness
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Languages, Leadership & Personal Attributes
- Credible, confident and influential as a senior advisor
- Highly collaborative, with the ability to engage effectively with senior People leaders
- Proven leadership through influence in matrix environments
- Resilient, pragmatic, and composed under pressure
- Internationally aware, with global work experience
- Strong alignment with FNZ’s values and people-first culture
About FNZ
FNZ is dedicated to empowering global wealth access, ensuring that people everywhere can invest in their future on their own terms.
We recognise that, despite wealth management’s potential, complexity restricts growth for firms. That’s why we created:
- Wealth’s growth platform—modern technology integrated with business and investment operations within a regulated financial institution
- A partner for the world’s leading financial institutions, managing over US$2.5 trillion in assets on-platform (AoP)
Together, we’re creating investment opportunity for nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments.
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