Senior Manager, Global License and Examination Management

Remitly, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, and vision + 401k

Paid parental, medical, military and  

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Global License and Examination Management to lead a global team responsible for maintaining licenses and regulator readiness across the United States and international jurisdictions.

The role is based in Seattle with a hybrid work arrangement. You will partner with Compliance Officers to manage examinations, filings, renewals, and license operationalization, ensuring timely responses and board-ready reporting.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in financial services regulatory compliance, licensing, or examination management.
• 4+ years leading a team in a regulatory environment.
• Experience with cross-border remittance or consumer payments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee global examination readiness across jurisdictions where Remitly holds authorizations.
• Manage the global examination calendar and develop reusable evidence library.
• Coordinate license operationalization, filings, renewals, and notices across the portfolio.
• Monitor regulatory financial condition requirements and coordinate with Treasury/Accounting.
• Lead hiring, performance management, and budget for the team.
• Drive automation and data tracking improvements for licenses and exams.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Examination management

Licensing portfolio

Cross-border remittance

NMLS experience

Written communication

Education

JD/CAMS/CRCM

Job description

Job Description: At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward. We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role:

Remitly holds money transmission and payments authorizations across the United States and more than ten international jurisdictions. As Senior Manager, Global License and Examination Management, you'll lead the team responsible for keeping those licenses in good standing and for making sure Remitly is ready the moment a regulator arrives. You'll work in close partnership with Remitly's Compliance Officers, who own regulatory relationships and interpret jurisdictional requirements. Your team owns examination coordination and response, license operationalization, and the ongoing filings and renewals that keep our authorizations valid, worldwide. This role is based in Seattle, WA on a hybrid schedule.

You Will:

• Global examination management – Own examination readiness across every jurisdiction where Remitly holds an authorization including US state exams, multi-state exams, and international regulator inspections.
• Manage the global examination calendar.
• Build a reusable evidence library.
• Track findings from receipt through verified closure, and report examination posture to the Chief Compliance Officer at board-ready quality.
• License operationalization – Take newly granted licenses from award to steady state including obligation calendars, reporting schedules, and control ownership.
• Own recurring filings, notifications, attestations, and renewals across the global portfolio.
• Monitor financial condition requirements (net worth, permissible investments, capital) with Treasury and Accounting, and flag headroom risk early.
• Manage the surety bond program and all change-of-control, material-change, and officer/director notifications.
• Maintain the license inventory of record US license portfolio.
• Maintain licenses and registrations across all states and territories, including NMLS company, branch, and control person records.
• Run the annual renewal cycle, filing MSB Call Reports and state periodic reports.
• Maintain Remitly's FinCEN MSB registration and prepare incremental US applications as products and entities require.
• Program infrastructure, data, and technology – Improve tracking systems for licenses, obligations, and examinations.
• Define and report program metrics.
• Identify where technology and AI can scale the program and build the case for investment.
• People leadership – Lead a global team, including two managers, across multiple time zones and regions.
• Own hiring, performance management, professional development and budget for your team.

You Have:

• 8+ years in financial services regulatory compliance, licensing, or examination management, including 4+ years leading a team.
• Cross-border remittance, money transmission, or consumer payments experience.
• Familiarity with US state money transmission regimes (including Money Transmission Modernization Act adoption).
• Direct, company-side experience leading financial services regulatory examinations including managing document requests and supporting findings responses.
• Hands-on ownership of a licensing portfolio, including renewals and financial condition requirements, with direct NMLS experience.
• A track record of delivering outcomes through partners you don't manage, in a matrixed compliance model.
• The ability to turn a reporting requirement into a spec an analyst or engineer can build from - comfortable with hands-on validation.
• A record of building systematic processes to support compliance programs.
• Precise written communication for internal, external, and senior audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multi-jurisdiction experience, with a working understanding of how examination methodology differs across regimes.
• Experience operationalizing a newly granted license in a jurisdiction new to your organization.
• Prior service on the regulator side — a state financial regulator, CSBS, or a non-US authority.
• JD, CAMS, or CRCM.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $176,000 -$220,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together. At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer. Remitly is a dedicated for ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Remitly is a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world. Remitly helps immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner. Its digitally-native, cross-border remittance app eliminates the long wait times, complexities and fees typical of traditional remittance processes. Building on its strong foundation, Remitly is expanding its suite of products to further its mission and transform financial services for immigrants all around the world.