Senior Regulatory Analytics Scientist

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Data Scientist, Analytics (Risk & Compliance) based in Singapore to own the analytical layer of regulatory data infrastructure. You will define what “correct” means, build systems to prove it, and work at the intersection of data engineering, compliance logic and product intelligence.

You will partner with Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime teams to transform regulatory reporting and risk oversight by building robust data foundations, validation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (see above).
• 5+ years extracting and manipulating large data with SQL; Python/Shell/R scripting.
• 5+ years risk management analytics experience and stakeholder management.
• Experience with analytics engineering: modular SQL transformations (dbt or equivalent).
• Experience building exploratory and production‑grade analytics with modern data tools.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional influence across Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics and data design for priority regulatory reports from requirements to data logic, testing and go-live.
• Partner with Regulatory Compliance, FCC, Finance, DataOps and Data Engineering to standardise reporting dimensions.
• Co‑design data models and mart-layer logic with Data Engineering across source, staging, marts.
• Define automated test suites and QA playbooks before regulator submissions.
• Conduct deep‑dive analyses for anomalies, RFIs or audit findings, quantify impact, identify root causes and remediation options.
• Shape requirements for a scalable regulatory reporting and risk analytics platform.
• Champion best practices in analytical rigour, documentation and validation; mentor analysts and data scientists.

Skills

SQL

Python

Shell

R

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Finance, Economics or related quantitative discipline

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Databricks

Snowflake

Hex

Evidence

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Data Scientist, Analytics (Risk & Compliance) based in Singapore to own the analytical layer of regulatory data infrastructure. You will define what “correct” means, build systems to prove it, and work at the intersection of data engineering, compliance logic and product intelligence.

You will partner with Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime teams to transform regulatory reporting and risk oversight by building robust data foundations, validation