Head of Regulatory Reporting

Airwallex (UK) Limited

Job Overview

Location

UK - London

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As Head of Regulatory Reporting at Airwallex, you will own and oversee global regulatory reporting across all jurisdictions, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete submissions while serving as the primary liaison between Compliance/Legal, Operations, Finance, Risk, Data, Product and Technology to maintain data integrity and audit readiness.
• You will lead the regulatory reporting function and drive enhancements to the automated reporting platform, establishing strong governance and internal controls while proactively monitoring regulatory changes and implementing scalable solutions to keep reporting processes compliant.
• Day to day, you will maintain strong working knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements across global jurisdictions (US, Europe, APAC), track rules and guidance from regulatory bodies, interpret evolving requirements, and translate them into actionable reporting changes with documented positions and assumptions.
• You will oversee and support automated regulatory reporting workflows to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completeness, partner with Technology/Data teams to enhance the reporting platform through requirements definition, testing, and validation, and establish/maintain internal controls including reconciliations, exception management, approvals, and evidence retention.
• You will manage the submission process for periodic and ad-hoc reports to regulatory authorities, ensuring on-time delivery and appropriate sign-offs, monitor reporting schedules and operational readiness, own issue management for reporting defects and data quality breaks, and conduct impact assessments for regulatory changes leading implementation efforts.
• You will lead, coach, and develop the regulatory reporting team by setting performance expectations, operating standards, and quality benchmarks, create team playbooks and training materials for consistency and scalability, and act as a key liaison across functions to ensure data integrity and consistent definitions for reporting.
• You will communicate reporting status, risks, and control issues to senior stakeholders with clear remediation plans, prepare for and support internal/external audits and regulatory examinations, and ensure documentation and control evidence are complete and accessible.
• At Airwallex, you will join a team of over 2,000 innovative people across 26 global offices, working at a company valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Sequoia, and Salesforce Ventures, where you’ll tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking.
• You will have the opportunity to apply first-principles thinking, move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and use AI to work smarter while turning zero-to-one ideas into real products and getting stuff done end-to-end in a mission-driven environment that values founder-like energy, true ownership, and accelerated learning.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience in regulatory reporting and compliance across major jurisdictions (US, Europe, APAC), including periodic and ad-hoc obligations.
• Strong understanding of regulatory reporting concepts, regulatory interpretation, internal controls, and audit/exam expectations.
• Experience supporting and governing automated regulatory reporting processes and platforms, including translating requirements into system logic, defining test cases, and performing UAT/release validation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines, multiple priorities, and cross-functional stakeholders in a global/multi-entity environment.
• Experience partnering with Technology/Data teams on data integration, data governance, lineage, and reconciliations; strong focus on data quality and root-cause analysis.
• Track record supporting regulatory examinations and internal/external audits, including documentation and evidence management and timely issue remediation.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work at a US$8 billion-valued fintech leader backed by top-tier investors including Visa, Mastercard, Sequoia, and Salesforce Ventures.
• Join a global team of over 2,000 innovators across 26 offices, tackling high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates.
• Work in a mission-driven culture that values founder-like energy, true ownership, accelerated learning, and making decisions from first principles.
• Leverage AI to work smarter and solve complex problems faster while building the future of global banking and payments.
• Clear career growth path with ownership over impactful work in a company empowering over 200,000 businesses worldwide.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and accommodating disabilities or special needs.

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Onsite

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About Airwallex (UK) Limited

Airwallex is a global financial technology company providing cross-border payment and banking infrastructure for businesses. It offers multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, card issuing, expense management, and embedded finance APIs. Founded in Melbourne in 2015, the company serves enterprises and SMEs across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, operating under licenses in multiple jurisdictions and processing billions in annualized transaction volume.

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