SlipstreamJobsFresh Startup & VC-Backed Jobs

Manager, Regulatory Operations, ANZ

Airwallex - Melbourne, VIC, Australia - In-office - posted 2026-08-17

Apply on the company site

SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.

Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform serving over 250,000 global businesses. The company is valued at $11 billion and operates across 27 offices worldwide with 2,300+ employees. As Manager, Regulatory Operations, ANZ, you will lead the operational execution of regulatory and partner obligations across Airwallex's Australia and New Zealand licensed entities and products. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role within the Regulatory & Compliance team. Key responsibilities include: - Identify, interpret, and operationalize regulatory and partner obligations across ANZ jurisdictions, translating them into clear governance, controls, and execution requirements. - Design and implement key regulatory and partner controls end-to-end, partnering with Product, Operations, Engineering, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance to embed controls into real workflows and systems. - Build and maintain regulator and partner-ready documentation including obligation mappings, control descriptions, RACIs, testing approaches, evidence standards, and remediation tracking. - Engage with third parties such as regulators, auditors, and financial partners, confidently explaining obligations, control architecture, and how specific controls operate in practice. - Support regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, and supervisory engagements by coordinating responses, curating evidence packages, and maintaining exam-ready documentation. - Support governance processes for material control changes, ensuring stakeholders across Product, Operations, Engineering, and Compliance are aligned before implementation. - Contribute to regional regulatory reporting and obligations governance, ensuring clear definition of reporting requirements, ownership, timing, and system controls. - Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or duplication in obligations, controls, and evidence across ANZ, driving pragmatic remediation plans. - Use and contribute to GRC tooling and compliance dashboards, maintaining accurate records of ANZ obligations, controls, and evidence. You bring 7+ years of experience in regulatory operations, regulatory compliance, internal audit, or risk management within fast-growing tech startups and/or financial services, payments, or fintech companies. You have proven experience translating legal, regulatory, or partner requirements into operational controls, procedures, and testing activities. You have direct involvement supporting regulatory exams, audits, inspections, RFIs, or partner due diligence reviews.

Similar roles