$180K – $240K/yr
Role overview
Job description
About Airwallex Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own. We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting
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- Source: Airwallex's official careers site (via Ashby) · last confirmed on the source 1 Nov 2026
- Posted 26 Aug 2026
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What they are looking for
Skills & requirements
Qualification
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, 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
Department · Regulatory & Compliance
Hiring company
Airwallex
Grow your business faster with Airwallex - global business accounts, high speed transfers, multi-currency cards, online payments, embedded finance, and more.
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