Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas

🕒 April 23

🌵 Arizona, District of Columbia, +13 more states – Remote

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💵 $200k - $280k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Airwallex

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2015

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

Fintech • Finance • Payments

Airwallex is a fintech company that provides leading technology solutions to manage global payments, treasury, and financial operations for businesses. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial services including business accounts, spend management tools, payment solutions, and embedded finance components to build custom financial products. Airwallex's platform supports multi-currency transactions, interbank FX rates, and global transfers, aiming to simplify financial operations and unlock growth opportunities for over 150,000 businesses worldwide. The company is committed to providing safe, reliable, and compliant financial services with a strong technological infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Be responsible for handling regulatory legal issues relating to our business across the Americas • Monitor, report, and influence trends and developments in payments and financial services regulation in the Americas • Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk and Financial Crime Compliance teams • Support local and global Product, Strategy, and Management teams • Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally • Manage external legal counsel and consultants in the Americas • 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 • Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies in key Americas markets

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 8 years of relevant post-qualification experience • Strong regulatory experience gained in the fintech industry, reputable law firms and/or financial institutions • Deep experience and demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings and regulatory strategy in financial services or payments • Strong understanding of the financial services regulatory environment in the Americas • Strong stakeholder management skills • Proactive, results-driven, and ownership-oriented • Ability to influence and explain complex legal topics to non-lawyers • Collaborative team player, embraces managing ambiguity, and thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments

🏖️ Benefits

• US-based employees are eligible to participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) plan • Short-term and long-term disability • Basic life insurance • Well-being benefits • 20 paid days of vacation • 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year