Manager, Financial Crime Compliance Quality Assurance

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 150,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, 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 1,800 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, 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.

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

We are seeking a strategic and diligent (Senior) Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Quality Assurance (QA) Manager to join the Global Governance and Testing Team. In this high-impact, global role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the robustness and effectiveness of our first and second-line financial crime controls. You will act as an independent and objective assurance personnel to carry out regular QA reviews, evaluations and testings. The QA Manager will also be responsible for maintaining the QA framework, developing the QA plan, key stakeholder management on the observations and recommendation. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape our QA framework and directly contribute to the safety and security of a leading fintech platform. The ideal candidate will enjoy solving complex problems, seeking creative solutions, and moving quickly while ensuring comprehensive results.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Framework: Lead the continuous refinement of the global FCC QA methodology, framework, and tools, ensuring they align with regulatory expectations, industry best practices, and Airwallex's evolving risk profile.

• End-to-End QA Execution: Plan, scope, and execute independent QA reviews across the full spectrum of FCC to assess both the design and operational effectiveness of controls.

• Risk-Based Analysis: Apply a deep understanding of applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., AML/CFT, OFAC, etc.) to design and execute risk-based testing programs that accurately identify control gaps, root causes, and areas of non-compliance.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Proactively communicate findings, potential issues, and emerging risks to senior management and key stakeholders. Partner with control owners to develop pragmatic and effective remediation plans

• Reporting & Governance: Prepare clear, concise, and impactful QA reports for senior management. Meticulously document workpapers to support conclusions and ensure a clear audit trail. Escalate potential issues and exception items noted during the review process to senior management.

• Issue Management: Manage the end-to-end issue tracking process, from identification in the central risk repository through to validation of remediation actions, ensuring timely and sustainable closure.

• Culture Champion: Actively promote a strong risk culture and understand Airwallex's risk appetite and risk culture across the business through your interactions and findings.

Who you are

We're looking for candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role. Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Law, Compliance or a related field.

• Proven experiences (3-5 years for Manager, 6-8+ years for Senior Manager) in QA, testing, and governance roles within FCC (AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud) or other risk related fields at a regulated financial institution, fintech, or payments company.

• Familiar with the fintech and payments industry and its associated financial crime risks.

• Strong project management with a track record of driving complex reviews to completion with minimal supervision.

• Strong stakeholder management skills to ensure QA review completion and seek stakeholder buy-in.

• Strong research and writing skills with experience drafting formal QA reports and presenting findings to senior audiences.

• Analytical problem-solver with the ability to synthesize complex information from multiple sources to form clear, evidence-based conclusions.

• Willingness to learn and adapt in a high-paced environment

• High level of integrity, discretion, and sound judgment when handling sensitive matters.

Preferred qualifications:

• A relevant professional certification (e.g., CAMS, or equivalent).

• Experience with QA testing of AI/Machine Learning-driven financial crime systems and controls.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, global, and multi-cultural environment.

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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