Corporate Secretary

About Airwallex Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. Attributes We Value We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles . You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. About the team The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks. What you'll do As Corporate Secretary within the Corporate Legal team, you'll manage the full spectrum of company secretarial and corporate governance matters across Airwallex's growing portfolio of licensed entities worldwide. You'll help keep our global entity structure compliant, well governed, and ready to support the company's expansion plans. Working closely with the Head of Corporate Legal, Corporate Development & Investor Relations, Finance, Tax, People & Talent and Regulatory Legal, you'll oversee board and committee governance, entity lifecycle management, statutory compliance and equity administration. This is a chance to build and own the corporate secretarial function for a cross-border fintech operating in over 20 markets. This role is based in San Francisco or New York. Responsibilities: Handle the full spectrum of company secretarial matters for licensed entities across regions, including incorporation, restructuring, capital injections and winding down of entities, alongside statutory and regulatory filings across jurisdictions. Organize and facilitate board, committee and general meetings, including preparing agendas, resolutions, minutes and presentation materials, and manage follow-ups and action item tracking. Maintain statutory registers, board books, minute books and corporate records for all group entities, keeping them accurate and accessible across the organization. Support Options and RSU administration and shareholder-related matters, partnering with People & Talent and Corporate Development. Keep the group compliant with licensing conditions, regulatory obligations and internal governance standards in every jurisdiction Airwallex operates in, and advise on governance improvements. Liaise with external company secretarial service providers (e.g. Tricor), regulators, auditors a