Senior Manager, Regulatory Operations, APAC

Location: Based in Singapore; the conditions also list Sydney and Melbourne.

Company

Airwallex provides an AI-native financial operating system and regulated infrastructure for global payments and financial products.

What you will do

• Translate regulatory and partner obligations across APAC jurisdictions, products, and licensed entities into governance requirements and operational controls.
• Design, implement, and improve controls with Product, Operations, Engineering, Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Legal, Finance, and external financial partners.
• Maintain obligation mappings, control descriptions, RACIs, testing approaches, evidence standards, and remediation tracking.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, partner inquiries, and supervisory engagements.
• Govern material control changes and regional regulatory reporting processes.
• Maintain obligations, controls, evidence, and issues in GRC tooling and support the transition to AI-native GRC tooling.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in regulatory operations, regulatory compliance, internal audit, risk management, or a similar discipline in technology, financial services, payments, or fintech.
• Experience translating legal, regulatory, or partner requirements into operational controls, procedures, and testing or assurance activities.
• Experience supporting regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, or partner due-diligence reviews.
• Strong project management skills and experience leading cross-functional control or reporting initiatives.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills, with the ability to create clear control requirements and exam-ready materials.
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving, high-standards environment with significant cross-functional ownership.

Nice to have

• Experience with payments, e-money, card issuing or acquiring, treasury, embedded finance, or other multi-jurisdiction fintech models.
• Exposure to APAC regulators such as MAS, HKMA, AUSTRAC, or SFC and to regional banking or card scheme partners.
• Experience with obligations registers, control libraries, regulatory reporting operating models, or second-line compliance infrastructure.
• Familiarity with GRC tooling and certifications such as CAMS, CRCM, CIA, or CISA.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a global Regulatory & Compliance function supporting a regulated financial platform.
• Collaborate across legal, regulatory, risk, product, operations, engineering, finance, and compliance teams.
• Operate in a practical, fast-moving environment focused on responsible growth and regulator-ready execution.
• Airwallex is an equal opportunity employer.