Brex Inc

Head of Regulatory Affairs

Brex Inc • $270K — $335K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (JD) with active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state
  • 8+ years of experience in banking, financial services, risk management, audit, consulting, or regulatory agencies
  • 5+ years of direct experience with banking regulators and regulatory policy
  • Significant experience in program management with structured tracking and reliable follow-through
  • Working knowledge of commercial financial products and associated regulatory frameworks
  • Strong critical thinking and communication skills for building consensus
  • Ability to lead with empathy and navigate a dynamic work environment

Responsibilities

  • Manage relationships between Brex business units and federal/state regulators
  • Lead and execute regulatory exams and supervisory engagements, overseeing logistics
  • Build and run program management infrastructure for regulatory commitments
  • Identify risk areas and advise on corrective actions for timely mitigation
  • Provide strategic advisory support to senior management on regulatory matters
  • Synthesize regulatory trends to drive awareness and compliance across the company
  • Partner with Capital One's Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and Risk teams on integration tasks
  • Develop scalable processes and reporting for management and board-level insights

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with a minimum of three coordinated in-office days per week
  • Up to four weeks of fully remote work per year
  • Opportunity to work closely with senior management and external regulators
  • Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced fintech environment
  • Access to scalable processes and strategic advisory roles
Full Job Description
Where you'll work

This role will be based in our San Francisco office.We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!

What you'll do

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will lead Brex's Regulatory Affairs function and guide the company's relationships and interactions with its federal and state regulators, including the OCC, the Federal Reserve, FINRA, and state licensing agencies. You will ensure Brex proactively responds to a changing regulatory environment and delivers on its commitments to regulators accurately and on time.

This is a role for a strong program manager as much as a regulatory expert. You will run the end-to-end regulatory engagement lifecycle: exam preparation and logistics, fulfillment of supervisory requests, coordination of responses across Legal, Compliance, Risk, and business teams, and disciplined tracking of findings, commitments, and corrective actions through to closure. You will partner closely with Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and Risk counterparts at Capital One to align supervisory strategy and ensure consistent, well-coordinated engagement with regulators across the combined organization. You will also serve as a trusted advisor to senior management, synthesizing trends across the external regulatory landscape and translating them into practical guidance and early awareness of emerging focus areas. Finally, you will help bring together cross functional teams to help drive forward proactive regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities
  • Manage and foster productive relationships and interactions between Brex business functions and federal and state regulatory and supervisory staff
  • Lead preparation and oversee execution of regulatory exams and other supervisory engagements, including logistics management, fulfillment of supervisory and information requests, and driving timely issue resolution
  • Build and run the program management infrastructure for regulatory commitments: intake, tracking, ownership, milestones, evidence, and closure, ensuring the company delivers on commitments to regulators in a timely manner
  • Identify potential risk areas and advise on corrective actions, ensuring remediation efforts are monitored and on track for timely and effective mitigation
  • Provide thought leadership and strategic advisory support to senior management and the board regarding the regulatory environment and supervisory matters
  • Synthesize trends across the external landscape and individual regulatory engagements, driving internal awareness of focus areas and potential sensitivities so the company meets and exceeds expectations set by law, regulation, and agency guidance
  • Partner with Capital One Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and Risk teams on integration-related regulatory workstreams and coordinated supervisory engagement
  • Develop scalable processes, playbooks, and reporting (including management and board-level artifacts) that give leadership a clear, current view of regulatory posture

Requirements
  • Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing of the bar of at least one U.S. state
  • 8+ years of experience in banking, financial services, risk management, audit, consulting, or regulatory agencies, or a combination
  • 5+ years of experience working directly with banking regulators (e.g., OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, state agencies) and regulatory policy, including exam management and supervisory engagement
  • Significant experience supporting integrated projects or programs where senior leaders and external stakeholders are your customers, with demonstrated PMO discipline: structured tracking, clear ownership, and reliable follow-through
  • Working knowledge of commercial financial products (cards, payments, deposits, lending) and the associated regulatory frameworks and risk management practices
  • Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build consensus across a broad range of stakeholders
  • Ability to lead with empathy when working with internal stakeholders and government agencies
  • Comfort in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where priorities often change
  • Willingness to be a team player who pitches in to help out on other products and topics; one of our key tenets is "One Brex"

Bonus Points
  • Experience at a fintech or technology-forward financial institution operating under bank or broker-dealer supervision (OCC, Federal Reserve, FINRA, SEC)
  • Experience navigating regulatory dimensions of M&A integration between a fintech and a regulated bank
  • Familiarity with three lines of defense frameworks and enterprise risk management practices

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $270,000 - $335,000 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

Brex LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A.

Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.

About Brex Inc

Brex is a financial services company that offers credit cards and cash management accounts to technology companies. Brex was founded in 2017 by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Brex offers a credit card designed specifically for startups, which does not require a personal guarantee or deposit. The company also offers a cash management account that allows businesses to manage their finances in one place. Brex has raised over $300 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator, Peter Thiel, and Max Levchin.
Learn more about Brex Inc
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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