Senior Legal Counsel at FNZ: Apply Now!

FNZ is inviting applications for the position of Senior Legal Counsel, Transformation & Service Enablement, a full-time role based in Gurugram, India, within its Legal, Risk & Compliance Shared Services Hub.

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1. About FNZ

2. About the Job

3. Eligibility

4. Responsibilities

5. Location

6. Application Procedure

About FNZ

FNZ is a global wealth management technology provider committed to making wealth management more accessible. The organisation offers an end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates technology with business and investment operations for regulated financial institutions.

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FNZ partners with leading financial institutions worldwide and supports nearly 30 million people across wealth segments, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on its platform.

About the Job

FNZ is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel, Transformation & Service Enablement to lead the design, transition and continuous improvement of legal services within its India Legal, Risk & Compliance Shared Services Hub.

The role combines legal judgement with legal operations, transformation, programme delivery and change management. The selected candidate will oversee the mobilisation of new services, process and control design, knowledge enablement, data-led improvements, and the development of AI-assisted and automated legal workflows within approved governance frameworks.

Reporting to: Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance Shared Services.

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Eligibility

Candidates should have the following qualifications and experience:

A credible legal background, with legal qualification and post-qualification experience appropriate to FNZ’s Senior Legal Counsel role.
Substantial experience leading legal-service transitions, transformation programmes, projects or legal-operations initiatives.
Demonstrated experience in process design, standard operating procedures (SOPs), controls, knowledge enablement and organisational change.
Practical experience developing or implementing legal technology, AI, workflow automation or self-service solutions.
Strong programme governance, stakeholder management, risk and dependency management, and benefits-realisation experience.
Commercial contracting experience sufficient to understand legal workflows, playbooks, risk thresholds and escalation processes.

Experience in financial services, fintech, technology, outsourcing or another regulated environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:

Transition and mobilisation: Managing transition plans, project milestones, risks, dependencies, stakeholder communications, knowledge transfer, training, readiness assessments and service stabilisation.
Process and service design: Designing intake, triage, workflow, escalation, quality and control processes, and maintaining process maps, SOPs, training materials and operating documentation.
Knowledge management: Coordinating templates, precedents, clause libraries and playbooks, including version control and implementation using content approved by the relevant legal owners.
Legal technology, AI and automation: Developing and delivering legal technology, AI and automation initiatives, including workflow automation, self-service, clause automation and AI-agent pilots within approved governance.
Collaboration and oversight: Working with Legal Operations, Procurement, Technology, Information Security, Privacy and onshore Legal teams on solution design, testing, controls and deployment.
Continuous improvement: Using operational data and stakeholder feedback to identify bottlenecks, root causes and opportunities for standardisation and process redesign.
Programme and change management: Maintaining improvement roadmaps, coordinating performance indicators and management information, and leading change assessments, communications, training and adoption activities.
Service development: Collaborating with delivery and onshore owners to develop new Hub service offerings once the necessary legal, operational and technological requirements are met.