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 200,000 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 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in 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 and sharp thinking, and you’re 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. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

About the team

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team 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. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, compliance and financial risks.

The Global Regulatory Compliance Team forms part of the second line of defence (2LOD) at Airwallex whilst operating within the larger LRC function. 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 is a newly created senior project management office (“PMO”) role within the Global Regulatory Compliance Team. It can be based in either Singapore, the UK or the Netherlands. This role has a direct reporting line to the global head of the team (based in the Netherlands).

What you’ll do

As Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance, PMO you will drive delivery for the Global Regulatory Compliance Team with respect to the regulatory engagement strategy and maintenance of our global licensing responsibilities for our regulated financial services entities.

You will coordinate with all internal and external parties to ensure the program run by the Regulatory Compliance Team remains highly organised, structured and grounded on the 3 lines of defence principle. You will lead cross-functional collaboration to implement and embed efficient processes, documentation and engagement strategies. You will create and deliver processes, strategies and optimisation to enable the team to analyse products, provide guidance to ensure that our 2LOD second line of defence controls are fit for purpose, comply with regulatory obligations and to ultimately guide the first line business to enable the maturity of both customer-facing and internal back-office processes and product features.

Responsibilities:

• PMO role with the ownership of the internal processes underpinning the global regulatory compliance program at Airwallex

• Ensure PMO oversight of the regulatory reporting program as ‘point of contact’ with the Operations & Engineering Teams at Airwallex

• Define & track key metrics and KPIs for the performance of the Regulatory Compliance Team and our engagement touchpoints with our regulators globally

• Support on-site exams and inspections as PMO

• Manage regulatory compliance risk reporting metrics within the Airwallex Enterprise Risk Management Framework & associated escalation process (inc. Group Risk Committee)

• Conduct ‘Proactive Special Ops’ projects to unlock business or operational issues to enable Airwallex to achieve its strategic goals more rapidly

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Compliance, Law, Risk or Governance

• At least 5 years in a legal, risk or compliance role and 10 years of overall experience.

• Preferred candidates have experience in PMO roles within the Legal, Risk or Compliance divisions within fintech, payments, or financial services companies

• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing governance frameworks, policies, and procedures at a global or regional level

• Familiarity with governance tools and AI-driven process optimization to ensure delivery with the newest and most efficient tools available

• Hands-on mentality and a track record of driving execution in fast-paced, high-growth environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience scaling governance or compliance programs

• Experience with tool procurement, vendor management, and process automation

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s, or relevant certification) is a plus

• Consultant experience is a plus

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that 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.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t 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 our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.