Senior Regulatory CounselNew

ADYEN SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen Singapore Pte. Ltd. seeks a Senior Regulatory Counsel with extensive regulatory experience in payments/fintech to enable compliant business opportunities in APAC.

You will advise internal teams and regulators, shaping regulatory strategy and policy across the organisation. You will lead engagements, manage approvals with regulators, translate obligations into global policies, and help drive scalable, compliant growth from Singapore and APAC offices.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with expertise in regulatory matters across payments/fintech or financial services.
• Experience advising regulators and internal stakeholders on complex regulatory issues.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic regulatory advice to internal and external stakeholders in line with Adyen's objectives.
• Lead regulatory engagements, managing relationships with regulators and auditors.
• Identify key regulatory obligations and risks, translating them into practical policies and processes.
• Represent Regulatory on various product work streams to ensure compliant growth.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Legal advisory

Stakeholder management

Regulatory risk

Analytical thinking

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Senior Regulatory Counsel

Our dynamic APAC Regulatory team is looking for a Senior Regulatory Counsel who has experience with the payments, financial service or fintech industry in Singapore. In this role, you will enable Adyen to create unique business opportunities while making ethical choices. To do this, you must have strong analytical and communication skills as well as pragmatic and strategic thinking while advising internal and external stakeholders on regulatory matters.

What you’ll do

• Provide strategic regulatory advice towards internal and external stakeholders, in line with Adyen's commercial and strategic objectives which allow for scale;
• Lead regulatory engagements (both internally and externally) including managing relationships with regulators and auditors;
• Anticipate and identify key regulatory obligations and integrity risks, and ensure these are addressed in a practical and scalable way;
• Translate identified obligations into relevant Policies and Procedures to be communicated and implemented across the global business;
• Represent Regulatory on a variety of work streams and products to establish regulatory strategies that align with global objectives and ensure controlled and compliant growth;

Who you are

• You are a qualified lawyer in a commonwealth jurisdiction (e.g. Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, Australia)
• You have 10+ years' experience in a regulatory and/or legal function focused on payments, financial services and/or fintech industry;
• You are knowledgeable in the payments, financial services and/or fintech industry;
• You have a strong sense of initiative, independence and ability to take ownership enabling you to contribute to a fast-growing business;
• You are an analytical and critical thinker who finds creative solutions for complex regulatory challenges enabling business opportunities while staying in control;
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as experience in managing relationship with internal stakeholders and/or the relationship with regulators or supervisors;
• You reside in Singapore.

Who we are

Adyen is the payments platform of choice for the world's leading companies, delivering frictionless payments across online, mobile and in-store channels. It is the only provider of a modern end-to-end infrastructure, connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. With offices around the world, Adyen serves nine of the 10 largest U.S. internet companies and many worldwide retailers. Customers include Facebook, Uber, L'Oreal, Casper, Bonobos, and Spotify.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you're from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward

What's next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don't be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Singapore office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.