Senior Corporate Secretary

The role

You will support the board and senior management by ensuring robust compliance and corporate governance. You will lead company secretarial matters for licensed entities across APAC excluding ANZ.

What you will do

• Handle the full spectrum of company secretarial matters for licensed entities across APAC (excluding ANZ)
• Organizing and facilitating board, committee and general meetings
• Preparing agenda, resolutions, minutes and presentation materials
• Maintaining and handling statutory filings and statutory registers
• Handling group entities' corporate matters including incorporation, restructuring, capital injection, winding down and audit support
• Ensuring timely and accurate regulatory filings
• Lead the company secretarial function across jurisdictions and coordinate and manage external service providers
• Maintain and enhance entity management systems and corporate records
• Advise the board and senior management on governance, risk management, and compliance matters
• Support entity-level audits and due diligence processes

Required qualifications

• Chartered Secretary / Chartered Governance Professional
• At least 10–15 years of relevant experience, including significant experience in a regulated financial services or fintech environment
• Proven track record in supporting boards and senior management in a global or regional corporate structure
• Experience in a listed business
• Prior experience managing multi-jurisdictional entities and complex group structures
• Deep understanding of corporate governance frameworks, regulatory filings, and compliance obligations
• Experience establishing and maintaining board and committee processes, corporate records and entity management systems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong drafting ability and attention to detail
• High integrity, discretion and sound judgment
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth global environment
• Proactive, hands-on and solutions-oriented

Nice to have

• Qualified lawyer (Singapore or common law jurisdiction)
• Experience leading and mentoring a regional company secretarial team and managing external corporate service providers globally
• Familiarity with Singapore’s regulatory landscape for fintech
• Experience with data protection, cybersecurity and technology risk management in a regulated environment

About the company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.