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Airwallex

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Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas

AttorneyAttorneyOtherRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2015H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

99 days ago

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0

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree9 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas

Airwallex

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 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. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, compliance and financial risks. What you'll do You will be primarily responsible for regulatory matters across the Americas region. This role will have a strong focus on advising on complex regulatory issues relating to payments and financial services, including licensing, money transmission and related requirements, and supporting cross-border product offerings. You will be responsible for supporting our licensing, registration and ongoing compliance obligations in relevant Americas markets by helping to design and implement appropriate measures and controls, and by partnering closely with Regulatory Compliance and other control functions. As a Senior Regulatory Counsel, you will serve as a senior advisor to the business and control functions in the Americas, owning complex regulatory workstreams, leading engagements with regulators in key jurisdictions, and contributing to the development of regional regulatory strategy. You will be a valuable member of the global legal and compliance team and will have the opportunity to support a rapidly growing business and the management team to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and solving complex issues and blockers for our clients, is detail-oriented, willing to take on challenges and changes, obsessively curious and intellectually honest, thrives on taking actions and delivering impactful results, and aims to inspire and be inspired. This role is based in San Francisco or New York City. Responsibilities: - Be responsible for handling regulatory legal issues relating to our business across the Americas, and for providing strategic advice to cross-functional stakeholders relating to our existing licenses/registrations and potential future licence applications in the region, to ensure Airwallex can successfully scale in the Americas. - Monitor, report, and influence trends and developments in payments and financial services regulation in the Americas, actively identifying and anticipating changes that may impact business operations or strategic objectives. - Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk and Financial Crime Compliance teams to ensure robust compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including money transmission, stored value, FX, remittance and card issuing rules in relevant markets. - Support local and global Product, Strategy, and Management teams and regional Commercial teams on new market entry and expansion of regulatory licence(s) in the Americas, providing regulatory mapping and licensing advice for new products and features. - Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally, providing timely, pragmatic regulatory legal advice and risk assessments on various business initiatives impacting the Americas region. - Manage external legal counsel and consultants in the Americas, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support aligned with Airwallex's business drivers and risk appetite. - Leverage AI and other tooling to enhance the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the Regulatory Legal team. - Provide legal advice on Airwallex's regulatory compliance obligations with respect to ongoing regulatory compliance and submission of regulatory reports and filings in relevant Americas jurisdictions, partnering with the Regulatory Compliance team to ensure timely and accurate filings. - Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies in key Americas markets, helping to shape policy and regulatory approaches relevant to the business. Who you are We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Minimum qualifications: - Qualified lawyer with 10 years of relevant post-qualification experience. - Strong regulatory experience gained in the fintech industry, reputable law firms and/or financial institutions, ideally with exposure to payments, e-money, FX, remittances and/or card issuing in the Americas region. - Deep experience and demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings and regulatory strategy in financial services or payments, ideally including direct engagement with regulators in key Americas markets (e.g. federal and state/provincial regulators). - Strong understanding of the financial services regulatory environment in the Americas, particularly as relates to payments, remittance, FX, issuing and digital financial services. - Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and build trust with business, legal, compliance and external counsel stakeholders. - Proactive, results-driven, and ownership-oriented, with a clear track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines. - Ability to influence, explain complex legal topics to non-lawyers, and frame business-relevant solutions. - Collaborative team player, embraces managing ambiguity, and thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments. Preferred qualifications: - A mix of private practice and in-house experience. - Experience supporting expansion into new markets and launching new regulatory licences in the fintech, payments, or financial services sectors. - Experience advising on consumer and commercial regulatory matters, including state money transmitter licensing (MTL) requirements and oversight by federal prudential regulators, with familiarity in regulations such as Reg E, UDAAP, and TILA. - Experience using, deploying or developing RegTech, LegalTech or AI tools to enhance the legal function. - Canadian payment processing and money services business experience including familiarity with RPAA, Fintrac and provincial financial licensing. 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. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. 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. #BI-Hybrid

Benefits

  • 401(K), Commuter benefits, Company equity, Company-sponsored outings, Customized development tracks, Dental insurance, Disability insurance, Volunteer in local community, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Flexible work schedule, Free daily meals, Generous parental leave, Generous PTO, Company-sponsored happy hours, Health insurance, Life insurance, Mentorship program, Paid volunteer time, Open office floor plan, Paid holidays, Paid sick days, Partners with nonprofits, Performance bonus, Pet friendly, Pet insurance, Promote from within, Recreational clubs, Lunch and learns, Free snacks and drinks, Team based strategic planning, OKR operational model, Team workouts, Mandated unconscious bias training, Vision insurance, Wellness programs, Some meals provided, Mental health benefits, Employee-led culture committees, Day off for your birthday, Quarterly engagement surveys, Hybrid work model, In-person all-hands meetings, In-person revenue kickoff, President's club, Employee awards, Transgender health care benefits, Mother's room, Virtual coaching services, Bereavement leave benefits

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