Senior Manager, Regulatory Operations, APAC

Airwallex (UK) Limited

Job Overview

Location

SG - Singapore

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As Senior Manager, Regulatory Operations, APAC, you will build and run the engine that turns complex regulatory and partner obligations into real, tested, and well-evidenced controls across our APAC-licensed entities and products.
• You will sit within Regulatory Legal & Compliance and work closely with Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Legal, Risk, Product, Operations, Finance, and external financial partners to strengthen a control environment that is practical, scalable, and regulator-ready.
• This role is hands-on and execution-focused: you will not just interpret rules, you will design, implement, and continuously improve the controls, documentation, and reporting that demonstrate we are meeting our obligations day-to-day.
• You will identify, interpret, and operationalize regulatory and partner obligations across APAC jurisdictions, products, and licensed entities, and translate those obligations into clear governance, controls, and execution requirements.
• You will manage the end-to-end design of key regulatory and partner controls through implementation, partnering with Product, Operations, Engineering, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance to embed controls into real workflows and systems.
• You will build and maintain regulator and partner-ready documentation for your control scope, including obligation mappings, control descriptions, RACIs, testing approaches, evidence standards, and remediation tracking.
• You will engage with third parties such as regulators, auditors, and financial partners in connection with inquiries relating to controls, confidently explaining our obligations, our control architecture, and how specific controls operate in practice.
• You will support regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, and related supervisory engagements in APAC by coordinating responses, curating consistent evidence packages, maintaining 'exam-ready' documentation, and partnering with Regulatory Compliance and Regulatory Legal.
• You will support the governance process for material changes to controls, ensuring that relevant obligation owners and stakeholders across Product, Operations, Engineering and Compliance are notified and aligned before changes to shared controls are implemented, and that the obligations register reflects the updated control design.
• You will contribute to the design and operation of regional regulatory reporting and obligations governance, ensuring that what must be reported, by whom, when, and from which systems is clearly defined and appropriately controlled.
• You will identify gaps, inconsistencies, or duplication in obligations, controls, and evidence across APAC, and drive pragmatic remediation or uplift plans that balance regulatory expectations, partner requirements, and business impact.
• You will use and contribute to the team's GRC tooling and compliance dashboards, maintaining accurate and current records of APAC obligations, controls, evidence and open issues within the central system, and supporting the transition towards an AI Native GRC tooling.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in regulatory operations, regulatory compliance, internal audit, risk management, or a similar discipline within a fast-growing tech startup and/or financial services, payments, or fintech company.
• Proven experience translating legal, regulatory, or partner requirements into operational controls, procedures, and testing or assurance activities, not just policy drafting.
• Direct involvement in supporting regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, or partner due-diligence reviews, with clear personal ownership for planning, coordination, documentation, or remediation workstreams.
• Strong project management skills, with a track record of driving cross-functional control or reporting initiatives to completion across Product, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Risk.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills, with the ability to turn complex regulatory concepts into clear, concise control requirements and exam-ready materials.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a fast-growing, global fintech company.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
• Flexible working arrangements.

Skills & Technologies

Senior

Onsite

Degree Required

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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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