Global Obligations Management Lead

Airwallex; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Manager, Obligations Management to lead the central governance infrastructure for regulatory and financial partner requirements across its global footprint. You will own the global obligations register, RFI knowledge base, and audit registers while coordinating with Regulatory Legal, Internal Audit, and cross-functional teams.

The role requires translating complex regulatory requirements into practical processes, data structures, and reporting, with a strong

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in corporate governance, regulatory compliance, internal audit, operational risk management, or a related discipline within a highly regulated financial services, fintech, or banking environment
• 3+ years of experience managing a compliance inventory, regulatory obligations framework, audit issue program, RFI process, or GRC workstream in a multi-jurisdictional environment
• Demonstrated experience building or maintaining compliance matrices, mapping internal controls to regulatory requirements, managing audit or examination issues, and coordinating evidence or RFI responses
• Strong ability to translate complex regulatory or legal requirements into clear processes, data structures, ownership models, and actionable reporting
• A high-ownership, systematic approach to problem-solving, with strong written communication and corporate drafting skills
• Proven ability to influence and coordinate regional and cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed organization without relying solely on formal authority
• Experience improving operational processes and implementing practical tooling, workflows, or reporting solutions in a fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve the central Global Obligations Register, cataloging international regulatory rules, statutory requirements, and Tier-1 financial partner obligations alongside their respective compliance controls
• Partner with Risk and Compliance stakeholders to ensure mapped controls and reporting obligations are structured for effective independent monitoring, validation, and testing
• Manage and evolve the centralized global RFI knowledge base, synthesizing input from Regulatory Compliance teams and curating consistent, well-supported evidence portfolios for banking partners and regulatory bodies
• Maintain the global central audit register, tracking internal audit findings, external examination gaps, and material regulatory issues, and driving timely accountability for remediation and closure
• Partner with Regulatory Legal teams to incorporate legal interpretations and horizon-scanning insights, keeping the obligations registry current and reducing the risk of compliance gaps or control drift
• Establish and improve operating procedures, data standards, governance routines, and reporting for obligations management, RFI responses, and audit issue tracking
• Identify opportunities to replace manual trackers and spreadsheet dependencies with scalable GRC tooling, workflow automation, and compliance dashboards; support implementation and adoption with relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate and influence regional and cross-functional contributors to maintain consistent central standards while reflecting local regulatory requirements
• Produce clear management reporting and concise analysis on obligations coverage, control mapping, RFI readiness, audit issues, remediation progress, and emerging risks

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Manager, Obligations Management to lead the central governance infrastructure for regulatory and financial partner requirements across its global footprint. You will own the global obligations register, RFI knowledge base, and audit registers while coordinating with Regulatory Legal, Internal Audit, and cross-functional teams.

The role requires translating complex regulatory requirements into practical processes, data structures, and reporting, with a strong