Head of Legal, India

Job Title: Head of Legal India

Location: Gurugram India
Reports to: India Site Lead and General Counsel
Supports: Group Head of APAC and Group Head of Technology

Role Overview

The Head of Legal India will be a senior leadership role responsible for providing strategic and operational legal support to our India hub. This position will work closely with the India Site Lead and the Group General Counsel and will collaborate with global leadership including the Group Head of APAC and Group Head of Technology. This role will ensure there is legal compliance effective management of legal risk and will enable business growth while maintaining governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

The Head of Legal India will serve as the senior legal leader for all Indiabased legal activities and operations. Acting as a trusted advisor to the Site Lead and senior executive team the role will support:

• Legal Advisory & Business Support
  • Provide comprehensive legal support for business-as-usual operations across our India hub.
  • Advise on commercial contracts employment law matters and regulatory compliance.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on legal risk and strategic initiatives.
• Contract Management Hub
  • Support the establishment of a contract management hub in India including assisting with the recruitment and team design.
  • Support the development of processes and frameworks for efficient contract lifecycle management.
  • Partner with global commercial legal teams to ensure contract standards templates negotiation playbooks and clause libraries align with global expectations.
  • Utilise legal technology and AI tools to ensure the contract management hub runs efficiently.
• Employment & Labor Law
  • Provide guidance on employment-related legal issues including policies disputes and compliance with Indian labor laws.
• Cross-Border Legal Coordination
  • Represent the Legal team in India leadership forums and crossfunctional initiatives.
  • Support global projects with India execution requirements ensuring regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
  • Provide leadership coaching and development to Indiabased legal professionals and contract managers.
  • Work closely with global legal teams to align India operations with FNZs group standards.
  • Ensure compliance for the business to operate as an outsourced service provider to various regulated FNZ subsidiaries around the globe.
• Governance & Company Secretarial
  • Ensure strong governance and company secretarial oversight for all India entities including board processes filings compliance calendars and subsidiary governance.
• Legal Risk Management and Governance
  • Identify assess and mitigate legal risks associated with India operations and outsourced service models.
  • Build strong relationships with external counsel manage external legal spend and ensure consistent quality of advice.
  • Maintain alignment with group governance frameworks internal controls and audit expectations.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• The ideal candidate will bring deep experience supporting international organisations headquartered outside India.
• Senior Indianqualified lawyer with 12 years PQE with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Strong background in commercial contracting employment law governance and company secretarial matters.
• Experience supporting outsourced or sharedservice centres in India delivering services to a global parent/subsidiary.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior legal business partner advising executive leadership.
• Experience managing or contributing to legal operations transformation.
• Excellent communication leadership and stakeholdermanagement skills.

Desirable

• Exposure to financial services technology or regulated environments.
• Experience working with global legal teams and matrix reporting structures.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems AIenabled legal tools and legal operations best practices.

Competencies

• Strategic Legal Advisory Strategic thinking with strong business acumen and ability to influence senior leaders and drive decisionmaking.
• Corporate Governance Expertise Strong handling of governance subsidiary management and compliance frameworks.
• Leadership & People Development Capability to lead and build a local legal function.
• Commercial & Operational Acumen Understands outsourcedservice models commercial risk and customer/supplier dynamics.
• Process & Technology Mindset Comfortable designing scalable processes and leveraging legal tech tools.
• Growth Mindset - Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.