Airwallex

Regulatory Compliance Manager

Airwallex

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Mexico City • Mexico

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About the role

  • Support Airwallex’s regional expansion by leading regulatory compliance across licence applications, authorizations, and regulator engagement (including business plans and information requests).
  • Own ongoing regulatory obligations — including reporting, exams and inspections, and managing compliance risk within the Group Risk Framework and escalation processes.
  • Advise the business on regulatory change, conduct risk, and licensing requirements, and help the first line strengthen policies, controls, and processes.
  • Deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program, including thematic reviews and oversight to ensure organizational maturity and regulatory alignment.
  • Drive compliance capability across the business through training and targeted projects that solve operational or strategic challenges.

Requirements

  • 6 years of regulatory compliance experience in a financial institution, FinTech, legal / consulting firm, or combination of the above
  • Familiarity with financial regulatory laws, rules, regulations and industry best practices in Mexico but also more broadly across the Americas region
  • Data proficiency - ability to work with data and leverage it for strategic decision-making
  • Ability to operate strategically and think creatively to solve complex regulatory compliance challenges
  • Superior communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics to a wide range of stakeholders including regulators, executive leadership, and front-line staff
  • Experience with developing and/or maintaining a compliance program within a financial institution, preferably in respect of payments activity
  • Exposure to licensing processes, regulatory expansion, and RegTech or technology-driven compliance solutions
  • Understanding of financial products and related conduct risk, ethics, and controls
  • Fluency in Spanish and English is essential in both written and verbal communication.
Benefits
  • Please submit resumes in English.
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Soft Skills
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