Legal and Compliance Manager

We are supporting an HR Business with their search for a Legal and Compliance Manager.  This role will support the General Counsel on compliance and contract matters for Germany, Switzerland and Austria regions. This position will play a critical role in the company’s integration process across EMEA, and will be fundamental in coordinating regional contracts and compliance functions.

THE ROLE:

• Drafting and negotiating contracts pertaining to the sub-regional jurisdictions and MSAs
• Support the alignment, unification and automation of the contract template process.
• Help to research and monitor the changing regional regulatory environment, assess and impart the impact on the organization.
• Build up personal compliance knowledge to be in a position to act in an advisory capacity to the internal and external business functions.
• Assist with training and educating internal staff on sub-regional legal, contract and regulatory matters.
• Supports and helps with the creation of and maintenance of multi-jurisdictional employment law know-how including the precedent system, checklists, termination processes and knowledge bank.
• Continuously monitors legal practices and developments, and legislative changes.
• Where applicable, helps research elements to create multi-jurisdictional salary calculation pro-formas.
• Helps to create/maintain department policies, procedures and documentation impacting the sub-region, relating to regulatory laws such as anti-corruption and bribery, whistleblowing, anti-modern slavery.
• Attend meetings to support the external employee support teams with difficult and challenging contractor issues such as terminations and disciplinary issues.

Skills and Experience

• Solid experience drafting and negotiating labour law contracts, MSAs and employment documentation, and/or acting in an advisory and research capacity relating to compliance, labor and regulatory laws and global mobility.
• Fluent in German and proficient spoken and written English essential.
• Must have in-house experience.
• A knowledge of AUG (Arbeitnemeruberlassung) advantageous.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Enthusiasm and desire to develop expertise in sub-regional matters of employment contracts and compliance.
• Willingness to learn and understand sub regional data protection rules and help implement policies and procedures.
• Gravitas to impart and explain compliance elements of contracts to business and clients.
• Demonstrates an ability to prioritize a challenging workload and act with urgency, delivering to multiple, sometimes tight, deadlines
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, positive, self-motivated, organized approach, able to navigate and simplify complexity
• Aspires to work collaboratively with other sub-regional teams in a supportive environment and develop an understanding of legal and compliance matters across the broader EMEA region, creating a collegiate and positive working environment!

If you have the skills described above and are interested in applying for this role, please send your CV to Sarah sturnbull@lawabsolute.com

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

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