Senior Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Oversight

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 200,000 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 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 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 the Senior Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Oversight, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the effectiveness of Airwallex's compliance program. You'll develop, implement, and maintain a risk-based compliance monitoring and oversight framework, working across Compliance and Risk teams globally. Your work will drive continuous improvement, support regulatory readiness, and help Airwallex scale responsibly. This role is based in New York, San Francisco, or London.
Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain a risk-based compliance monitoring and oversight program across Compliance and Risk teams
• Design and implement a compliance Monitoring and Oversight framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and internal policies
• Manage the execution of compliance monitoring activities, including thematic reviews, continuous monitoring, and targeted assessments across various business functions
• Oversee the tracking and closure of all findings and recommendations resulting from monitoring activities, driving timely and effective remediation
• Partner with global teams to design, enhance, and implement effective Monitoring Activities (MAs)
• Assess and refine monitoring scopes and sampling strategies to improve efficiency and execution; ensure proper documentation and evidence retention
• Perform Quality Assurance reviews of monitoring activities to ensure alignment with enterprise standards
• Maintain and update procedures, templates, and related compliance documentation
• Review first-line testing methodologies and execution within the Oversight framework to ensure effectiveness
• Track and report on program progress through the development of management information system reports
• Identify and communicate control weaknesses or deficiencies to stakeholders, offering credible challenge where necessary
• Support issue management processes and promote a strong culture of compliance across the organization
• Participate in cross-functional working groups focused on Monitoring and Oversight initiatives
• Prepare and present comprehensive reports on compliance monitoring results, risk trends, and remediation status to senior management and the Board (or Compliance Committee)
• Facilitate clear and effective communication between the Compliance team, internal audit, and business units regarding monitoring scope and findings

Who you are
We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Law, Compliance, or a related field
• 6-8+ years of experience in QA, testing, and governance roles within FCC (AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud), Regulatory Compliance, and Risk at a regulated financial institution, fintech, or payments company
• Familiarity with the fintech and payments industry and its associated obligations and risks
• Strong project management skills 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, CRCM, CCEP, or equivalent)
• Experience developing and implementing monitoring and oversight frameworks
• 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

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Equal opportunity
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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