clients Skuad

Corporate Officer

Location

Spain, Netherlands

Job Type

Contract

Experience

5+ years

Salary

N/A

Skill Set

Role

Legal Counsel

Why you should join Skuad

đź’µ NASDAQ Listed-backed hyper-growth company

🚀 Rapid career advancement with opportunities to learn

đź’° Competitive salary and Performance bonus

🏖 Paid time off, Flexi-hour policy & Wellness benefits

🚀 Truly Global & Diverse Team


About the role

  • Be a trusted legal partner to the Employee Success organization and the business navigating sensitive and wide-ranging issues from employment agreement terms, hiring and recruiting issues, discipline, investigations, working hours, leaves of absence, workplace adjustments, terminations, workforce restructuring activities, mergers and acquisitions and related matters.
  • Work with Labor Consultant to resolve any issues on statutory labor filings.
  • Partner with various internal stakeholders to provide guidance on employment-related policies, guidelines, and processes with an approach that balances pragmatism, risk, and compliance.
  • Team with our global employment lawyers and HR compliance specialists to represent and integrate regional requirements in global projects.
  • Collaborate with the privacy legal team and other legal specialists.
  • Conduct engaging training for ES and business.
  • Respond to demand letters and administrative or governmental inquiries.
  • Manage labor and employment litigation matters, partnering with in-house litigation counsel, as they arise.

Ideal candidate

  • 5+ years combined experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, preferably with experience as an EU employment in-house lawyer (or secondee) in a multinational company
  • Excellent written/verbal communication and negotiation skills - crisp, clear and to the point
  • Commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion across multiple cultural settings
  • A good listener, quickly able to identify the critical issues
  • Highly responsive, collaborative and service-oriented attitude
  • Ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced and demanding work environment and across multiple time-zones
  • Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with demanding (but really nice) internal clients
  • Sound and practical business judgment - the ability to translate legal concepts simply and across cultures
  • Emphasis on what is right, and not just what is legal
  • Willingness to travel to all India offices and in region
  • Legal Studies or Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the skills you'll use every day for the role (eg extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc)
  • Exposure to businesses operating at scale or multi-national corporations
  • Ability to engage collaboratively with all stakeholders, influence key decision-makers and manage change across the organization
  • Excellent numerical, organizational, IT, and time management skills
  • High standards of confidentiality, discretion, and integrity
  • Self Starter - You are ambitious take initiative, and thrive in environments with minimal supervision
  • Curiosity - You are energized by finding creative solutions to new situations
  • High Standards – You take pride in your work and are highly accountable
  • Grit – You bring determination and a strong will to the challenges and opportunities that come with being in a startup environment
  • You will be able to work with different time zones



About Skuad

Imagine a world without boundaries, where companies effortlessly discover, hire, and manage talent, regardless of geographical constraints. Skuad brings this vision to life. We're on a mission to democratize global talent and opportunities, making remote work accessible worldwide. Skuad empowers employers to effortlessly build, pay, and oversee exceptional global teams while handling the complexities of payroll, compliance, and taxation.


Our diverse, globally distributed team is passionate about fostering inclusive work cultures and enabling customers to thrive globally. Backed by leaders with over two decades of HR expertise, our goal is to create one million opportunities globally by 2027.

Having raised $15 million in Series A funding in Oct 2022, totaling $19 million with support from returning investors Beenext and Anthemis, we're committed to driving value, learning, and continuous improvement as a united global team.


In August 2024, Skuad was acquired by Payoneer. Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) is a leading global payments platform that partners with freelancers, SMBs, marketplaces, and enterprises to solve their biggest payment challenges. Leveraging robust technology, compliance, operations, and banking infrastructure, Payoneer powers growth for entrepreneurs in emerging markets, Payoneer makes global commerce easy and secure. Skuad’s acquisition brings a key capability workforce management capabilities to Payoneer’s growing financial stack.


With Skuad you get to have:

Ownership: You will own what you do. We are a results-driven team, which means we expect you to get things done.

Endless support: You will always be able to reach the help you may need. You will have the resources you need to deliver.

Experiment: This is your playground. You will come up with ideas of your own, pitch them, and take them up. You will have a free hand to execute exciting ideas.

Impact: Be a part of a world-class team where we are constantly challenged with new things and maximize the impact of the products we build.