Regulatory Compliance Manager, Mexico

Airwallex
Mexico City
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

Lead regulatory compliance in Mexico, owning licensing, regulator relationships, and end-to-end filings; assess products for 2LOD controls; advise the business on regulatory changes and licensing needs; deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program; and drive regulatory capabilities across the organization through training and targeted projects in a hybrid Mexico City role.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
6 months ago

Regulatory Compliance Manager, Mexico

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Job Summary

Lead regulatory compliance in Mexico, owning licensing, regulator relationships, and end-to-end filings; assess products for 2LOD controls; advise the business on regulatory changes and licensing needs; deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program; and drive regulatory capabilities across the organization through training and targeted projects in a hybrid Mexico City role.
Location: Mexico City
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead regulatory compliance across licence applications, authorizations, and regulator engagement (including business plans and information requests).
  • •Own ongoing regulatory obligations — including reporting, exams and inspections, and managing compliance risk within the Group Risk Framework and escalation processes.
  • •Advise the business on regulatory change, conduct risk, and licensing requirements, and help the first line strengthen policies, controls, and processes.
  • •Deliver the Compliance Monitoring Program, including thematic reviews and oversight to ensure organizational maturity and regulatory alignment.
  • •Drive compliance capability across the business through training and targeted projects that solve operational or strategic challenges.

Key Requirements

  • •6 years of regulatory compliance experience in a financial institution, FinTech, legal / consulting firm, or combination of the above
  • •Familiarity with financial regulatory laws, rules, regulations and industry best practices in Mexico but also more broadly across the Americas region
  • •Data proficiency - ability to work with data and leverage it for strategic decision-making
  • •Ability to operate strategically and think creatively to solve complex regulatory compliance challenges
  • •Fluency in Spanish and English is essential in both written and verbal communication
Experience:6+ yearsFintechFinancial servicesRegulatory compliance
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingLeadership
Languages:SpanishEnglish
Tech Stack:RegTech

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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