Manager, Regulatory Compliance UAE

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

We hire successful builders with founder‑like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role‑related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end‑to‑end.

You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, compliance and financial risks.

The Global Regulatory Compliance Team forms part of the second line of defence (2

LOD) at Airwallex whilst operating within the larger LRC function. We are a proactive and trusted business partner committed to enabling Airwallex’s growth and strategic goals by providing an advisory and oversight role. Our team culture is collaborative, impact‑driven with a focus on continuous improvement. You’ll be part of a team that values transparency, empowerment, and high performance. This role is a newly created role with a specific focus on our business in the UAE.

This role will be a key member of the Global Regulatory Compliance Team, based in our Dubai office with a direct line to the Associate Director, Regulatory Compliance, UK & ME (based on London).

As Manager, Regulatory Compliance, UAE you will deliver on the regulatory engagement strategy for Airwallex across the UAE. You will maintain our licensing responsibilities and coordinate with all internal and external parties as necessary to ensure compliance through the communication of regulatory requirements, cross‑functional collaboration to productize solutions and offerings, implementation and execution of processes, filing of all requisite reports, renewal of registrations and licenses, end‑to‑end management of regulatory examinations, and interfacing with our regulators on ad‑hoc inquiries.

You will analyse new and existing products and provide guidance to ensure that our 2

LOD controls are fit for purpose and comply with regulatory obligations and guide the first line business to enable the maturity of both customer‑facing and internal back‑office processes and product features.

• Support the Airwallex Group’s expansion by managing the regulatory compliance components of licence authorisation processes
• Act as a key stakeholder in relation to licence applications, business plan updates and information requests between Airwallex and our regulators
• Ensure that our regulatory compliance and integrity risk reporting obligations are maintained in the region
• Support and / or manage on‑site exams and inspections (in collaboration with our LRC colleagues)
• Advise the business with respect to regulatory change initiatives with a particular focus on how to effectively manage compliance risk attached to new laws and regulations in the jurisdictions we operate
• Develop policies, processes and provide advice in relation to regulatory risk obligations that exist within the 1st line business
• Manage…