Regulatory Compliance ManagerCN

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 200000 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.

Proudly founded in Melbourne we have a team of over 2000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price Visa Mastercard Robinhood Ventures Sequoia Salesforce Ventures DST Global and Lone Pine Capital Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career join us.

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Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

Role Summary:

As the Regulatory Compliance Manager China you will be based in Shanghai Guangzhou or Beijing and support Airwallexs licensed nonbank payment institution operations in mainland China. You will focus on daytoday regulatory compliance execution regulatory monitoring internal compliance implementation and crossfunctional coordination under the leadership of the CN Regulatory Compliance Officer. You will provide professional regulatory support to navigate Chinas complex payment and crossborder payment regulatory landscape ensuring full operational compliance with PBOC SAFE and other PRC requirements while supporting business growth and licenserelated initiatives.

This role is suited for a detailoriented actiondriven professional who excels in handson compliance execution crossteam collaboration and adapting to fastchanging regulatory and business environments. You will work closely with the compliance leadership team to resolve regulatory blockers implement internal controls and deliver tangible compliance outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the CN Regulatory Compliance Officer in overseeing endtoend regulatory compliance and risk control for Airwallexs mainland China nonbank payment institution business ensuring daily operations are aligned with licensing terms and PRC regulatory requirements.

• Monitor track and analyze updates to mainland China payment crossborder RMB and foreign exchange control and relevant financial regulatory policies; prepare regular regulatory trend reports and internal briefings to support compliance strategy development.

• Work closely with crossfunctional teams including Product Commercial Operations and Legal to embed compliance requirements into product development business processes and clientfacing activities; provide timely compliance advice to address operational risks.

• Draft review and update internal compliance manuals policies procedures and control documents to align with evolving PRC laws regulations and licensing requirements; conduct internal compliance implementation and routine reviews.

• Support product iteration business expansion and regulatory license upgrade initiatives by performing compliance assessments preparing supporting documents and ensuring new products or services meet regulatory standards in mainland China.

• Handle daytoday management of payment licenses regulatory filings periodic reports and recordkeeping requirements; coordinate with the Public Affairs team on regulator communications industry association engagements and routine government relations outreach.

• Liaise with internal stakeholders across Airwallexs global group to share mainland China regulatory updates align compliance standards and support groupwide crossborder business compliance coordination.

• Conduct internal compliance training risk identification and routine compliance checks to proactively mitigate regulatory risks for the China business.

What We Are Looking For:

Core Competencies & Mindset:

• Proactive & businessaligned: Proactively engage with internal business teams to identify compliance risks prioritize tasks effectively and adapt to fastpaced business needs.

• Strong compliance awareness: Possess solid analytical research and documentdrafting skills; quickly learn new regulatory rules and solve practical compliance challenges.

• Processfocused: Identify operational inefficiencies in compliance workflows and propose practical improvements to strengthen internal control frameworks.

• Excellent communication: Synthesize complex regulatory requirements into clear actionable recommendations for internal stakeholders and senior management.

• Teamoriented: Collaborate seamlessly with crossfunctional and crosscultural teams at all levels to deliver shared compliance goals.

• Resultsdriven: Be selfmotivated take ownership of assigned compliance deliverables and focus on executing changes that reduce regulatory risk.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• 5 years of postqualification professional experience in regulatory compliance with at least 3 years of handson experience in payment services crossborder RMB and foreign exchange control compliance or related financial regulatory fields.

• Indepth knowledge of PBOC and SAFE regulatory frameworks for nonbank payment institutions crossborder payments and foreign exchange control; practical experience with crossborder RMB business compliance is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in regulatory filings license maintenance internal compliance policy drafting or crossfunctional compliance coordination for paymentrelated businesses.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal teams regulators and industry partners.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks work under pressure and solve complex regulatory compliance challenges with a practical solutionoriented mindset.

• Fluent in both written and spoken English and Chinese with a proven ability to draft formal compliance documents reports and correspondence in both languages.

• A bachelors degree in Law Finance Business Administration or a related field is preferred.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit qualifications competence and talent. We dont regard color religion race national origin sexual orientation ancestry citizenship sex marital or family status disability gender or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

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