Legal Counsel, China

Role summary - We’re looking for a highly talented corporate lawyer to be part of our great global legal team. The Legal Counsel, Mainland China, will provide legal support in a variety of cross-organizational matters, including corporate matters, privacy, employment, procurement and banking relationships. The role will also support PRC regulatory matters in close collaboration with regional and global stakeholders. The position is based in Shanghai and will report to the Head of Legal Affairs, China, based in Shanghai.

Location: Shanghai, China
On-site
Full-time 

What you’ll do

• Providing legal support on corporate governance matters for Payoneer’s entities in China.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of corporate and commercial documents and agreements, including purchasing agreements, consulting agreements, partnership agreements, policies, and engagements with financial institutions.
• Providing regulatory legal support on PRC matters related to payments, FX as well as data protection and privacy.
• Providing guidance on employment law matters.
• Partnering with global legal and cross-functional teams to align on group policies, standards, and contract templates.
• Partnering with business, product and R&D to support the regulatory assessment of new products, services and GTM initiatives in China.
• Liaising and working with outside counsel in the region.
• Staying up to date with applicable PRC laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact Payoneer, monitoring key PRC regulatory developments and sharing such learnings with relevant stakeholders.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders on legal matters, and collaborating with business, operations, finance, treasury, tech, compliance, internal audit and other teams within Payoneer to enable effective execution.

Who you are 

• 4-7 years of post-qualification legal experience.
• Bar qualification, in good standing.
• Excellent English professional language proficiency, spoken and written.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all levels of the organization and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
• Collaborative team player experienced at working with cross-functional teams across multiple jurisdictions and with flexibility to align with colleagues in different time zones.

Not a Must, but a Great Advantage：

• Privacy expertise, including PIPL and experience handling cross-border data transfer projects.
• Experience working directly with regulators and regulatory authorities in China
• Mixed background from both a reputable law firm and in-house legal team. Financial services, payments industry, and money transmitter experience is preferred.
• Multinational company experience and comfort operating in a matrixed environment.

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

We're looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Risk Associate to join our global team. This unique position is ideal for candidates with strong risk management skills, technical proficiency, and a readiness to contribute to the operational flow of global trading. You will be immersed in both risk management and post-trade operations, gaining broad exposure and playing a key part in the reliability and safety of our trading activity. 

This is a 4-day workweek role, with one weekend day (Saturday or Sunday) as part of your schedule. During onboarding and training, you’ll initially work a standard Monday–Friday week before transitioning to the 4-day schedule (Wednesday–Saturday or Sunday–Wednesday). Candidates must be comfortable with and prepared for this arrangement. Flexibility and reliability to support weekend trading are essential to success in this role. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Participate in daily and real-time risk monitoring across asset classes, helping to identify, assess, and address risk exposures related to trading activities 
• Use and develop your Python, SQL, and Excel skills to analyze large datasets, automate reporting, and support projects related to market risk (such as VaR, factor models, and portfolio analytics) 
• Work closely with trading, technology, treasury, clearing, and compliance teams around the globe. 
• Support daily clearing activities including trade reconciliation, resolving breaks, and ensuring smooth post-trade workflows across various products and venues 
• Suggest enhancements to workflows and documentation, actively build your expertise, and contribute to team projects focused on continuous improvement 
• Other duties as assigned or needed  

Skills You’ll Need: 

• 5+ years of relevant risk management, trading, or financial operations experience, ideally at a trading firm, hedge fund, asset manager, or investment bank 
• Hands-on familiarity with at least one major asset class (Equities, Treasuries, Futures, FX, or Options); willingness to expand your multi-asset risk expertise 
• Strong proficiency in Excel (using pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.); experience with Python (including libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy) and SQL is highly valued 
• Comfort with analyzing financial data (daily or intraday) and building tools for automation or reporting 
• Effective communicator, able to explain technical and financial concepts clearly to a variety of audiences 
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to learn quickly on the job 
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, technical, or business field 
• Reliable and predictable availability 

Bonus Points: 

• Experience with post-trade clearing systems or break resolution 
• Familiarity with risk modeling or analytics (such as VaR, factor models, or portfolio analysis) 
• Experience with Linux/Unix environments or in 24/7 trading operations 

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

The Global Treasury Team is looking to expand the Portfolio Finance function. In this role, you will play an important part in managing the daily financing of the firm and assist in helping develop the next iteration of Treasury within Jump. You will also interact with both the EMEA and US team – and will interact with all levels of various departments throughout the global organization.

What You'll Do:

• Responsibility in supporting APAC inventory management related daily tasks
• Handle full life cycle of firm’s stock borrowing process including but not limited to execution and daily operations
• Follow borrow market, identify the trading opportunities and secure hard-to-borrow and event names
• Develop and enhance desk models, tools and operational workflows to increase efficiency and reduce manual errors
• Partner closely with Risk, Clearing and other trading teams and functions in supporting daily trading activities
• Assist in the identification and development of new procedures, countries of coverage and automation of processes
• Regional assistance for APAC portfolio finance request and projects
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills You’ll Need:

• Minimum academic level of bachelor’s degree in STEM, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or related areas
• At least 3 - 5 years of experience on the buy or sell side Portfolio Finance, SBL Trading / Repo / Strats role covering major APAC markets
• Technically fluent using Python or other programming languages
• Detailed oriented, and able to work under pressure. Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage competing deadlines
• Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Reliable and predictable availability 

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

The Global Treasury Team is looking to expand the Portfolio Finance function. In this role, you will play an important part in managing the daily financing of the firm and assist in helping develop the next iteration of Treasury within Jump. You will also interact with both the EMEA and US team – and will interact with all levels of various departments throughout the global organization.

• Responsibility in supporting APAC inventory management related daily tasks
• Supporting life cycle of execution, risk management, tools enhancement and trade bookings
• Execution on stocks, equity futures, FX, synthetic products across brokers and using different tools  
• Develop and enhance desk models, pricing tools and operational workflows to increase efficiency and reduce manual errors
• Partner closely with Risk, Clearing and other trading teams and functions in supporting daily trading activities
• Assist in the identification and development of new procedures, countries of coverage and automation of processes
• Regional assistance for APAC portfolio finance request and projects
• Other duties as assigned or needed

• Minimum academic level of bachelor’s degree in STEM, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or related areas
• At least 3 - 5 years of experience on the buy or sell side Portfolio Finance, Delta One Trading / Strats role covering major APAC markets
• Technically fluent using Python or other programming languages
• Solid understanding of financial markets and different asset classes
• Detailed oriented, and able to work under pressure.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage competing deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skill
• Excellent written and verbal communication; an ability to communicate both technical and business content
• Mandarin language skill a plus