Manager, Strategy & Operations, Regulatory & Compliance (Fintech)

Location: Onsite in London, United Kingdom, or Singapore

Company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system providing global payments infrastructure and financial products for more than 675,000 businesses across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

What you will do

• Own strategic initiatives covering global market expansion, regulatory licensing roadmaps, operating model redesign, and compliance transformation.
• Translate regulatory strategy into scalable frameworks, execution plans, and operational outcomes.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, Finance, and Operations to identify AI, automation, and technology-enabled process improvements.
• Build business cases and support transformation implementation.
• Track performance, operational efficiency, and return on investment.

Requirements

• 6+ years of total professional experience, including at least 4 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm.
• Experience delivering strategic projects in financial services, global payments, fintech, or technology platforms.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including structuring ambiguous questions into hypotheses, analytical frameworks, and operational roadmaps.
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities with experience translating complex data into actionable executive insights.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and executive presence, including experience influencing senior stakeholders and matrixed global teams.
• Ability to work with the C-suite on high-level strategy and build new processes from scratch.
• Ability to own roadmaps, make decisions with incomplete information, connect cross-functional priorities, and maintain attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or a Master’s in Finance, Economics, or Business.
• Deep familiarity with global payments infrastructure, cross-border flows, digital wallets, or multi-jurisdictional licensing regimes.
• Hands-on experience leading digital transformation, process automation, or AI implementation within financial operations or compliance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a Regulatory & Compliance function focused on trust, operational resilience, regulatory engagement, and scalable risk frameworks.
• Collaborate across a global financial platform operating across more than 30 markets and multiple functions.
• Operate with ownership, proactive decision-making, high standards, and the ability to move quickly with incomplete information.
• Airwallex is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodation support for disabilities or special needs.

Hiring process

• Apply only through careers.airwallex.com or Airwallex’s official LinkedIn page.
• Official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address; no bank details, sensitive ID numbers, or payments are requested during recruitment.
• Unsolicited resumes from search firms or recruiters are not accepted.