Senior Staff Attorney, Workers' Compensation
The Hartford
Director, Regulatory Legal
Airwallex
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $250,000 - $320,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- 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 AWX operates while identifying opportunities to create efficiencies
- Manage and continue to grow the regional AWX reg legal team across multiple jurisdictions
- Manage external legal counsel and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support is 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 our Regulatory Legal function, including using existing third party tools and supporting the Legal function in developing and deploying AI-driven workflows
- Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies
Requirements
- Juris Doctor and 10 years of post-qualification experience
- Strong regulatory experience gained in the fintech industry, reputable law firms or financial institutions
- Sound knowledge of the payments (Money Transmission License / MTL) and credit card regulatory environments
- Experience managing and growing a team of lawyers
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proactive, results-driven, and take ownership of your work
- Ability to multi-task and a team player with strong communication skills
- Strong drafting skills
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
regulatory compliancelegal risk mitigationlicense maintenancepolicy reviewteam managementstakeholder managementdraftingAI-driven workflowsgovernment relationsregulatory exams
Soft skills
proactiveresults-drivenownershipmulti-taskingteam playercommunication
Certifications
Juris Doctor
