Senior Employment Statutory Specialist

Why work at Nebius
Nebius is leading a new era in cloud computing to serve the global AI economy. We create the tools and resources our customers need to solve real-world challenges and transform industries, without massive infrastructure costs or the need to build large in-house AI/ML teams. Our employees work at the cutting edge of AI cloud infrastructure alongside some of the most experienced and innovative leaders and engineers in the field.

Where we work
Headquartered in Amsterdam and listed on Nasdaq, Nebius has a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, North America, and Israel. The team of over 800 employees includes more than 400 highly skilled engineers with deep expertise across hardware and software engineering, as well as an in-house AI R&D team.

The role

The Senior Employment Statutory Specialist is the authoritative owner of statutory employment obligations across jurisdictions, ensuring employer and employee statutory responsibilities are correctly understood, anticipated, and operationalized across payroll, travel & expenses, equity, and mobility. The role prevents late discovery of liabilities through audits, penalties, employee impact, or reputational damage by embedding statutory logic into operating models and controls. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Interpret employment-related statutory requirements (income tax, social security, pensions, insurance, labor-related funds) across relevant jurisdictions. 

• Define statutory positions and thresholds (including cross-border and shadow payroll triggers) and approve how they are applied in payroll/T&E/equity execution. 

• Act as escalation point for ambiguous or high-risk statutory scenarios; drive mitigation plans and external advice when needed. 

• Translate statutory obligations into operational guidance, controls, and system-ready requirements for Payroll, T&E, Equity, and HR Ops. 

• Support statutory audits/inspections and authority inquiries; prepare defensible documentation and coordinate responses. 

• Monitor statutory change and assess impact on employment models, policies, and system logic; prevent compliance gaps. 

• Partner with Global Mobility, Legal, Tax, and Finance on cross-border cases (remote work, travel thresholds, assignments). 

• Build reusable knowledge artifacts (playbooks, decision trees, evidence standards) to reduce key-person dependency. 

 

We expect you to have: 

• 6+ years experience in employment tax/statutory compliance, payroll compliance, or global mobility/statutory advisory (in-house or firm). 

• Demonstrated multi-jurisdiction statutory interpretation capability and strong judgment under uncertainty. 

• Hands-on experience operationalizing statutory requirements into processes/controls (not only advisory memos). 

• Experience supporting audits or authority interactions with clear, defensible documentation. 

• Ability to work cross-functionally with Payroll, T&E, Equity, HR, Finance, and Legal to drive adoption of statutory positions. 

• Strong written communication—can turn complex statutory topics into clear guidance for execution teams. 

It will be an added bonus if you have: 

• Professional qualification in tax/payroll/compliance (where relevant to jurisdiction) or equivalent experience. 

• Experience with equity taxation/withholding and benefits-in-kind frameworks. 

• Experience implementing governance frameworks (risk register, tiered excep