Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas
Airwallex
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $280,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Be responsible for handling regulatory legal issues relating to our business across the Americas.
- Monitor, report, and influence trends in payments and financial services regulation.
- Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk, and Financial Crime Compliance teams.
- Support local and global Product, Strategy, and Management teams on new market entry.
- Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally.
- Manage external legal counsel and consultants in the Americas.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with 10 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 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 mindset.
- Ability to influence and explain complex legal topics to non-lawyers.
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 per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
regulatory legal issuesregulatory compliancefinancial crime compliancepayments regulationlegal counsel managementadvising on regulatory mattersfinancial services regulationmarket entry support
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementproactive mindsetresults-driven mindsetownership-oriented mindsetability to influencecommunication of complex legal topics
Certifications
qualified lawyer