Description
About the Role
As Manager, Regulatory Compliance, you will deliver on the regulatory engagement strategy for Airwallex in Australia and manage existing payment services and money remittance regulatory compliance programs.
Responsibilities:
- Support Airwallex Group’s expansion by managing regulatory compliance components of license authorization processes.
- Act as a key stakeholder in relation to 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 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.
- Develop policies, processes, and provide advice in relation to regulatory risk obligations.
- Manage regulatory compliance risk within Airwallex Risk Management Framework.
- Advise the business on conduct risk and ethics matters.
- Deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program and conduct targeted reviews.
- Deliver Airwallex Group’s Compliance Training for employees.
- Conduct ‘Proactive Special Ops’ projects to unlock business or operational issues.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, FinTech, legal/consulting firm, or combination of the above.
- Familiarity with financial regulatory laws, rules, regulations, and industry best practices across the region.
- Data proficiency and ability to work with data for strategic decision-making.
- Ability to operate strategically and think creatively to solve complex regulatory compliance challenges.
- Superior communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics to various stakeholders.
- Experience with developing and/or maintaining a compliance program within a financial institution, preferably in respect of payments activity.
- Exposure to licensing processes, regulatory expansion, and RegTech or technology-driven compliance solutions.
- Deep understanding of financial products/services and related conduct risk and controls.