Regulatory Compliance Manager, SEA

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About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,800 innovative people in tech across 26 offices worldwide. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world‑leading investors such as Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, Airwallex is building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder‑like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role‑related expertise, sharp thinking, and are motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You’re humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end‑to‑end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking.

About The Team

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We’re passionate about safeguarding Airwallex’s operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity.

The Global Regulatory Compliance Team is part of the second line of defense (2LOD) at Airwallex. We are a proactive and trusted business partner committed to enabling Airwallex’s growth and strategic goals by providing an advisory and oversight role. Our team culture is collaborative, impact‑driven, with a focus on continuous improvement. You’ll be part of a team that values transparency, empowerment, and high performance.

This role has a specific focus on our South East Asia (SEA) locations and can be based in either Singapore or Malaysia. It will be a key member of the Global Regulatory Compliance Team, reporting to the Director, Regulatory Compliance, Asia.

What You’ll Do

As the Regulatory Compliance Manager, SEA you will deliver on the regulatory engagement strategy for Airwallex focusing on the SEA region and manage our existing payment services and money remittance regulatory compliance program. You will maintain licensing responsibilities and coordinate with internal and external parties to ensure compliance, including communication of regulatory requirements, cross‑functional collaboration to productize solutions and offerings, implementation of processes, filing requisite reports, renewing registrations and licenses, and interfacing with regulators. You will analyze new and existing products and provide guidance to ensure our 2LOD controls are fit for purpose and comply with regulatory obligations, guiding the first line business to mature both customer‑facing and internal back‑office processes and product features.

Responsibilities

• Support the Airwallex Group’s expansion by managing regulatory compliance components of license authorization processes
• Act as a key stakeholder in license applications, business plan updates and information requests between Airwallex and regulators
• Ensure regulatory compliance and integrity risk reporting obligations are maintained for all Airwallex Group entities in the SEA region
• Support and / or manage regulatory requests
• Advise the business on regulatory change initiatives, focusing on managing compliance risk attached to new laws and regulations in operating jurisdictions
• Develop policies, processes and provide advice on regulatory risk obligations within the first line business
• Manage regulatory compliance risk within the Airwallex Risk Management Framework and associated escalation process (including the Group Risk Committee)
• Advise the business on conduct risk and ethics matters (where appropriate) relating to our financial services licenses
• Deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program; conduct targeted and thematic reviews on a wide range of topics to ensure appropriate organizational maturity
• Deliver the Airwallex Group’s Compliance Training for employees and conduct ad‑hoc training for specific business areas as required
• Conduct ‘Proactive Special Ops’ projects to unlock business or operational issues and accelerate strategic goals

Who You Are

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. Preferred qualifications are great to have, but not mandatory.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualification

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To protect you from recruitment scams, Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms / recruiters. Fees will not be paid unless an agreement is in place for a specific open position.

Equal Opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and consider candidates based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Seniority level : Mid‑Senior level

Employment type : Full‑time

Job function : Finance and Sales

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