Sobre este puesto de Senior Counsel - Employment en FactSet
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.
- Provide independent counsel on the full range of employment-law matters - employment contracts and recruiting, employee benefits, discrimination and harassment, and wage, hours, and working conditions - quickly assessing issues and giving practical, actionable advice on an ad hoc basis.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for EMEA employment matters, identifying, assessing, and mitigating legal risk across the region and advising business partners on risk-mitigation strategies to reduce the company's exposure.
- Partner with Human Resources to recommend, implement, and continuously improve employment-related policies and procedures, embedding best practices for the HR team and employees.
- Monitor legal, regulatory, and legislative developments affecting employment across EMEA, and work with business stakeholders to translate changes into updated procedures and policies.
- Support HR in conducting internal investigations as needed, providing legal guidance to ensure they are thorough, fair, and defensible.
- Education: Law degree from a reputable and accredited institution
- Qualified lawyer with 10 years of employment-law experience, ideally spanning multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
- Deep, practical knowledge of employment law across employment contracts, benefits, discrimination and harassment, discipline and grievances, and leave and absence matters.
- Proven ability to assess and mitigate legal risk independently and advise senior stakeholders.
- Strong HR-partnership skills and a track record of shaping employment policy.
- Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English and the local language of the jurisdiction.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing responsibilities and meeting deadlines.
- Good judgment, a high degree of professional integrity, and the ability to maintain confidential and highly sensitive information.
- Ability to interact confidently with colleagues and adversaries, and to translate difficult legal principles into practical business solutions.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and drafting skills, with the ability to gain respect and influence others.
- Ability to operate autonomously across a multi-jurisdiction region.
- Must have an energetic, decisive, hard-working, detail-oriented, hands-on personality with strong
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
