Overview
Director, Regulatory Legal, Americas – Airwallex
Location: San Francisco or New York City. This role may have multi-regional responsibility, supporting regulatory strategy and advising on complex regulatory issues in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
About Airwallex
Airwallex is the unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. We empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide 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, Airwallex has a team of over 1,800 across 26 offices, valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by leading investors. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
What You'll Do
- Advise internal stakeholders, including Product, Commercial and other Legal teams, on a broad range of regulatory matters throughout the Americas.
- Find ways to mitigate legal and regulatory risks while progressing business objectives.
- Support license maintenance activities including managing regulatory relations, requests for information, and regulatory exams.
- Review and update manuals, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations in the regions in which Airwallex operates, while identifying opportunities to create efficiencies.
- Manage and grow the regional regulatory legal team across multiple jurisdictions.
- Manage external legal counsel and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support aligned with Airwallex's business drivers and risk appetite.
- Support and devise optimal paths to market to support Airwallex expansion activities.
- Use AI to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Regulatory Legal function, including deploying AI-driven workflows.
- Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies.
Who You AreMinimum Qualifications
- Juris Doctor and 10 years of post-qualification experience.
- Strong regulatory experience in fintech, reputable law firms or financial institutions.
- Sound knowledge of payments and credit card regulatory environments.
- Experience managing and growing a team of lawyers.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactive, results-driven, and take ownership of your work.
- Ability to multi-task and be a team player with strong communication skills.
- Strong drafting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with stakeholders across the globe and on cross-border payments issues.
- Experience advising on consumer regulatory matters.
- Experience using AI, LegalTech and RegTech tools to enhance efficiency; bonus points for developing and deploying tools.
- Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese.
Equal Opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and consider merit, qualifications, competence and talent in hiring. We do not discriminate based on color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation, please let us know.
Note: Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. If approached, verify with our team.
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