Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas
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Senior Regulatory Counsel responsible for regulatory legal issues across the Americas for Airwallex. Advising on complex regulatory matters in payments and financial services sectors.
Responsibilities:
- Be responsible for handling regulatory legal issues relating to our business across the Americas
- Monitor, report, and influence trends and developments in payments and financial services regulation in the Americas
- Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk and Financial Crime Compliance teams
- Support local and global Product, Strategy, and Management teams
- Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally
- Manage external legal counsel and consultants in the Americas
- Leverage AI and other tooling to enhance the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the Regulatory Legal team
- Provide legal advice on Airwallex's regulatory compliance obligations
- Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies in key Americas markets
Requirements:
- 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
- Deep experience and demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings and regulatory strategy 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
- Ability to influence and explain complex legal topics to non-lawyers
- Collaborative team player, embraces managing ambiguity, and thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments
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 in a calendar year
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