Strategy & Operations Manager, Licensing (Legal, Risk & Compliance Office)

Airwallex; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Abu Dhabi is seeking to hire a strategic thinker to manage key initiatives across Legal, Risk, and Compliance. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage stakeholders effectively. This role offers a competitive salary and equity opportunities, along with a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Regular team building events

Fully stocked kitchen

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience, preferably with a tech startup or consulting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills essential.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage cross-functional stakeholders and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Prepare quarterly planning materials highlighting key risks and dependencies.
• Drive operations effectiveness and efficiencies in the LRC functions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Airwallex is the leading financial technology platform for modern businesses growing beyond borders. With one of the worlds most powerful payments infrastructure, our technology empowers businesses of all sizes to accept payments, move money globally, and simplify their financial operations, all in one single platform.

Established in 2015 in Melbourne, our purpose is to connect entrepreneurs, business-builders, makers and creators with opportunities in every corner of the world. Today, Airwallex has a global footprint across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle-East and North America.

As part of the Legal, Risk and Compliance office, you’ll be responsible for working closely with the Divisional Chief of Staff, to drive key strategic expansion and licensing initiatives across the EMEA region whilst supporting global initiatives. You are a self-starter and independent thinker with exceptional analytical and communication skills, capable of handling highly sensitive and confidential information while supporting a rapidly changing business.

Who You Are

• Someone who enjoys getting things done and finds ways to drive tangible outcomes
• A strategic thinker and analytical in your approach to developing strategies
• Success-oriented and hold yourself accountable for delivering key outcomes
• Someone who works collaboratively with people at all levels and across functions and cultures
• Someone with the ability to synthesise and communicate in a simple but effective manner

What You’ll Be Doing

• Facilitate and manage selected cross-functional deep-dives and special projects on business gaps / cases earmarked by Executive’s across Legal, Risk and Compliance departments; automation, organisational effectiveness, and roadmap delivery
• Manage cross-functional stakeholders to ensure they are well-informed of their roles in each project, negotiate timelines and ensure timely completion of deliverables
• Prepare and update materials for quarterly planning and related activities, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks and dependencies
• Be a sounding board to working-level project teams and / or stakeholders with objectives to resolve inefficiencies and roadblocks, and to keep the projects against their agreed timelines
• Project management of key cross-domain initiatives to support the global program and its initiatives across all LRC
• Set up and manage data analytics capabilities for the LRC
• Performing analysis and reporting including cost modelling and headcount
• Drive operations effectiveness, efficiencies and initiatives across the LRC functions as we grow globally

What You Bring

• 4+ years of experience, preferably with a fast-growing tech startup or top-tier strategy / management consulting or law firm
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills essential
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Self-starter that can identify and prioritise opportunities to focus on
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Technology, financial services and / or experience in a high-growth environment are advantageous
• Bachelors degree or equivalent

At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organize regular team building events and we give our people the freedom to be creative.

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 don’t 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.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms / recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms / recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm / recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms / recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.