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 â including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more â 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 2,000 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 youâre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
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 youâre 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 zeroâtoâone ideas into real products, and you âget stuff doneâ end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, youâll tackle complex, highâvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, letâs build whatâs next.
About the team
Airwallexâs Regulatory Legal team is a high-impact, collaborative group that plays a central role in enabling our expansion and success across the regions weâre present in. We support Airwallexâs continued growth by providing expert legal guidance on regulatory matters, partnering closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance, and other teams to deliver innovative financial products compliantly and at scale. This is a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment where youâll work alongside committed colleagues, engage in strategic projects with global reach, and have direct influence on business-critical decisions. We value curiosity, ownership, and the ambition to drive outcomes in a complex, ever-evolving regulatory landscape.
What you'll do
You will be based in South Korea, but will have multi-regional responsibility by supporting regions in the broader APAC region. This role will have a strong focus on advising complex regulatory issues regionally. You will also be responsible for ensuring we are compliant with our licensing requirements by implementing appropriate measures and controls. You will be a valuable member of the global legal and compliance team. You will be given the opportunity to support a rapidly growing business and the management team to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and solving complex issues and blockers for our clients, is detail oriented, willing to take on challenges and changes, obsessively curious and intellectually honest, thrives on taking actions and delivering impactful results, and aims to inspire and be inspired.
Responsibilities:
Be responsible for handling all regulatory legal issues relating to our business in Korea, and providing strategic advice to cross-functional stakeholders relating to our existing licenses and potential future license application(s) in Korea to ensure Airwallex can successfully launch into the Korean market.
Monitor, report, and influence trends and developments of regulatory issues in Korea, actively identifying and anticipating changes that may impact business operations or strategic objectives.
Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk and Financial Crime Compliance teams to ensure robust compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Support local and global Product, Strategy, and Management teams and regional Commercial teams on new market entry and expansion of regulatory licence(s), providing regulatory mapping and licensing advice.
Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally, providing timely, pragmatic regulatory legal advice and risk assessments on various business initiatives.
Manage external legal counsel and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support is aligned with Airwallexâs business drivers and risk appetite.
Leverage AI and other tooling to enhance the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the Regulatory Legal team.
Provide legal advice on Airwallexâs regulatory compliance obligations with respect to ongoing regulatory compliance and submission of regulatory reports and filings in Korea, to the Regulatory Compliance team to ensure timely and accurate filings.
Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies, helping to shape policy and regulatory approaches relevant to the business.
Qualifications:
Qualified lawyer with around 6-8 years of relevant experience.
Strong regulatory experience gained in the fintech industry, reputable law firms and/or financial institutions. A mix of private practice and in-house experience is ideal but not mandatory.
Deep experience and demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings, and regulatory strategy.
Deep knowledge of the financial services regulatory environment, particularly as relates to payments, remittance, FX, and/or issuing, in South Korea (first hand experience in dealing with the FSC, FSS, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and/or the Korea Customs Service in Korea is especially valuable).
Experience supporting expansion into new markets and launching new regulatory licences in the fintech, payments, or financial services sectors will be advantageous.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and build trust with business, legal, compliance and external counsel stakeholders.
Proactive, results-driven, and ownership-oriented, with a clear track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Fluent in both English and Korean, strong ability to draft documents in both languages
Ability to influence, explain complex legal topics to non-lawyers, and frame business-relevant solutions.
Collaborative team player, embraces managing ambiguity, and thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Experience using, deploying or developing RegTech, LegalTech or AI tools to enhance the legal function is ideal but not mandatory.
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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 donât regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legal
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