<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Payoneer</strong></p> <p>Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.</p> <p>By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.</p></div><h4>Our Growing WFM Ecosystem</h4> <p>This role sits at the heart of a rapidly expanding global workforce management (WFM) business, shaped by three significant transactions:</p> <ul> <li>Skuad (acquired August 2024, now rebranded as Payoneer Workforce Management): Skuad's expertise helps businesses in over 160 countries navigate complex challenges, including international payroll, remote onboarding, and regulatory compliance. This acquisition reinforced Payoneer's mission and solidified its role as a trusted partner for global WFM.</li> <li>Boundless (acquired January 2026): An Ireland-based Employer of Record (EOR) platform that helps companies seamlessly and compliantly employ people around the world. The acquisition deepens Payoneer's European presence and strengthens its end-to-end EOR capabilities globally — bringing complementary infrastructure and deep local expertise to the WFM business.</li> </ul> <p>Together, these transactions position Payoneer WFM as one of the most comprehensive global employment and financial infrastructure platforms in the market — and this role will contribute directly to that scale.</p> <h4><strong>Role Summary:</strong></h4> <p>To achieve our mission of enabling remote employment globally, we need world-class legal capability embedded in the heart of our WFM business. We are seeking a Legal Counsel – Employment (APAC) to provide comprehensive, practical legal guidance across employment and labour matters for Payoneer WFM entities in India and across the APAC region.</p> <p>The Legal Counsel – Employment (APAC) will report to the Senior Legal Counsel – Employment (APAC & MEA) and will be a critical contributor to the labour and employment charter for our EoR and AoR employee populations across the APAC portfolio. This is a high-impact role in a fast-moving environment - you will be advising on complex employment matters, supporting business expansion, and helping build scalable legal infrastructure for a growing platform.</p> <h4>What You'll Do</h4> <ul> <li>Provide high-quality, practical employment law advice across the full employee lifecycle in multiple APAC and MEA Jurisdictions, including hiring, employment terms, statutory benefits, disciplinary processes, performance actions, separations, and workforce restructuring.</li> <li>Advise on and manage employee relations matters - including complex terminations, mutual separations, and dispute resolution - ensuring risk-aligned outcomes for EoR clients..</li> <li>Draft, review, and refine employment documentation including employment agreements, separation and mutual termination letters, transfer and relocation documents, full and final settlement letters, and statutory HR policies.</li> <li>Ensure compliance with labour laws across all relevant jurisdictions.</li> <li>Serve as POSH Internal Committee (IC) member or advisor - ensuring all compliance obligations under the India Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act are met, and personally managing or supporting inquiry proceedings as required in line with the law.</li> <li>Assist in developing and implementing employment, HR, compensation, and workforce-structuring policies aligned to local laws and business needs - including drafting and updating employee handbooks and statutory policies across multiple jurisdictions.</li> <li>Stay ahead of legislative and regulatory developments across central and state employment laws and translate updates into actionable, business-friendly guidance for internal stakeholders and clients.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the wider Legal, HR Ops, Payroll, Finance, Sales, and GTM teams to deliver commercially aligned legal solutions across all relevant jurisdictions.</li> <li>Support individual and large-scale workforce transitions, reorganisations, and restructuring projects, ensuring legal compliance and robust documentation throughout.</li> <li>Conduct legal research and prepare clear analysis on employment and labour law issues as required.</li> <li>Deliver training and guidance to internal teams and clients on employment law compliance, risk mitigation, and best practices.</li> </ul> <h2>Who You Are</h2> <ul> <li>You hold a Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB); a Master's degree or LLM is an added advantage.</li> <li>You bring 2–5 years of hands-on experience in Indian employment and labour law, either from a reputable law firm or an in-house legal function. Exposure to other APAC jurisdictions' employment laws is a significant advantage.</li> <li>You understand the legal nuances of hiring, employee lifecycle management, workforce transitions, and separations in India and other APAC and MEA jurisdictions.</li> <li>Prior experience working in or advising an Employer of Record (EoR) or global workforce management platform is a significant benefit.</li> <li>You have deep, practical k