International Corporate Counsel, Justworks
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- You have a global mindset with cross-jurisdictional expertise and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- You are highly organized and detail-oriented with exceptional communication skills that allow you to effectively collaborate across cultures and time zones
- You have a can-do attitude, embrace innovation, and are excited about leveraging technology and AI to build scalable legal processes across international markets
- You're a collaborative team player who can navigate complex regulatory environments while maintaining a practical business approach to legal challenges
- Minimum of 3 years of substantive cross-jurisdictional corporate legal experience, including global entity formation and governance
- Qualified to practice in jurisdiction where located
- Fluent in English, multilingual is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to build and improve processes using technology and AI solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated time management, organizational and analytical skills
- Sound and practical judgment in managing risk
- Collaborative team player with a positive attitude
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
- Occasional travel may be required
What the job involves
- As International Corporate Counsel, you will lead the corporate legal work associated with Justworks' global expansion and ongoing compliance with corporate obligations across our international subsidiaries
- You will report to the Director, Corporate & Securities Counsel (based in New York) and work closely with other members of the legal team as well as finance, tax, operations, and expansion teams to support Justworks' international growth strategy
- Drive international subsidiary formation and licensing activities in new markets
- Manage global subsidiary governance and legal entity management, ensuring compliance with all local corporate secretarial requirements
- Draft, review, and negotiate intercompany agreements to support tax-efficient transfer pricing strategies
- Lead internal entity restructuring initiatives to align with tax-efficient corporate structures
- Review and manage global office leases and related real estate matters
- Review global vendor agreements for the legal and finance teams (e.g., engagement letters)
- Prepare powers of attorney and other corporate authority documents to facilitate streamlined operations across jurisdictions
- Support corporate and equity-related aspects of internal global hiring
- Develop and implement innovative processes leveraging AI and technology to improve operational efficiency
- Oversee and manage relationships with local legal advisors, corporate secretarial vendors, and other key vendors
- Negotiate commercial contracts
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders
- Support in other duties as needed based on department and/or organizational needs
- As International Corporate Counsel, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization
- N this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
- Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding
- Ethical practice - the ability to integrate core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices
- Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation
- Risk assessment - applying a logical step-by-step process to protect, and consequently minimize risks to, the organization, interests and employees
- Manages complexity - making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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