(Senior) Manager, Regulatory Compliance, New Zealand

About the role

Airwallex, the AI-native financial operating system used by more than 675,000 businesses, is hiring a newly created (Senior) Manager, Regulatory Compliance, New Zealand. Based in Auckland, the role reports directly to the Director, Regulatory Compliance, ANZ (Sydney) and sits within the Global Regulatory Compliance Team, which acts as the second line of defence in the Legal, Risk & Compliance function. The manager delivers the regional regulatory engagement strategy and maintains licensing responsibilities for the regulated financial services entity in New Zealand.

Key responsibilities

• Be the direct point of contact with the FMA in New Zealand and deliver the regional regulatory engagement strategy.
• Manage the regulatory compliance components of licence authorisation processes and act as a key stakeholder on licence applications, business plan updates and regulator information requests.
• Maintain regulatory compliance and risk/breach reporting obligations for all Airwallex Group entities in the region.
• Support and/or manage on-site exams and inspections with other LRC colleagues.
• Advise the business on regulatory change and on how to manage compliance risk from new laws and regulations.
• Develop policies and processes for regulatory risk obligations in the first line of business, and manage compliance risk within the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and escalation process.
• Advise on conduct risk and ethics matters relating to financial services licences.
• Deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program, run thematic reviews, and deliver the Group's compliance training plus ad-hoc training for business areas.
• Run Proactive Special Ops projects to remove business or operational blockers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in law from a recognised university, or analogous compliance qualifications or experience.
• At least 10 years of regulatory compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, FinTech, legal or consulting firm, or a combination.
• Familiarity with financial regulatory laws and best practices across the ANZ region, with a focus on New Zealand.
• Experience dealing with regulators such as the FMA, DIA and other financial services regulators.
• Experience developing or maintaining a compliance program in a financial institution, preferably for payments activity.
• Exposure to licensing processes, regulatory expansion and RegTech solutions.

Required skills

• Data proficiency and the ability to use data for strategic decisions.
• Strong time management, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Deep understanding of financial products and related conduct risk, ethics and controls.