Vice President of Financial Crime Compliance, Airwallex
Compliance & Risk
Cross-border payments for businesses
Job no longer available
Cross-border payments for businesses
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build global financial infrastructure and applications to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of relevant experience in financial crimes, compliance and risk
- 5+ years managing teams across multiple geographies
- Experience in FinTech, e-commerce, RegTech, compliance consulting, accounting or financial services
- Familiarity with AML, CTF and FATF regulations and scheme rules globally
- Ability to work with data
- Certification in compliance related areas (ICA or CAMS)
- Knowledge in core AML and Risk products, money laundering and terrorism typology, segmentation, scenarios, models, methodology, and AML and risk related tools
- Experience with Transaction Monitoring, Screening, Financial Investigations or similar disciplines
- Ability to understand the larger picture and environment while operating in a focused manner
- Outstanding time management, presentation, and relationship building skills
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officer, this role will manage and supervise the Financial Crime Compliance Teams of the Airwallex group globally and seek to maintain, advance and uplift the Airwallex compliance and risk programs
- You will play an influential role in our growth story
- Lead the global Financial Crimes Compliance teams
- Refine and uplift (where necessary) the current global FCC frameworks for Airwallex
- Manage and oversee all aspects of the financial crime and risk programs, which includes KYC onboarding, due diligence processes, and transaction monitoring rules and processes for AML, CTF, and sanctions
- Ensure effective risk management across all risk domains, including fraud risk, credit risk, financial risk, brand risk, and enterprise risk for all products
- Design and draft policies and procedures to implement our FCC and risk programs
- Assist and support the design and creation of the relevant strategy in relation to FCC and risk
- Partner with product and engineering teams to assist in the building of the state of the art compliance and risk programs which focus on data, risk allocation, and efficiency
- Communicate applicable risks, costs, progress, and results to all relevant internal and external partners as well as regulators
- Oversee the use of high-volume data to investigate, identify and report trends linked to AML typologies and compliance to leadership
- Investigate, identify and develop triggers, rules and algorithms for transaction monitoring
- Design and execute reports to measure success and performance of initiatives
- Drive internal controls design and monitoring to support Compliance Operational policy and procedures
- Partner with Compliance Operations, Legal, Engineering, Product, Strategy, and Business Development to achieve results for team and the global FCC and Risk departments
- Produce reports to measure success and performance of FCC and Risk initiatives, program, operations, critical metrics and key risk indicators
- Remain up-to-date on regulatory changes and landscape, best practices, and cutting-edge developments
Our take
Business is increasingly globalised, so there are many more companies selling to a broader base of international customers. These businesses need to be able to transfer foreign revenues back to their home currency, but this can be an expensive and time-consuming process. Airwallex exists to make this process painless and is aiming to disrupt the foreign exchange market for businesses the same way Transferwise did for consumers.
While it counts traditional banks as competitors, Airwallex stands out by its pricing, saving clients as much as 90% on foreign exchange rates vs. traditional banks. It also provides a range of financial solutions including corporate cards and expense management software, as well as a range of integrations into most commonly used accounting packages. This has seen its product adopted by over 20,000 corporate customers.
Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, Airwallex has grown to be one of the leaders in fintech with a valuation exceeding $5 billion and a global reach. Recently focusing on the APAC region, the company has expanded into Singapore and Malaysia, in addition to its increasing its presence in Hong Kong and mainland China. Having experienced 100% year on year customer growth over 2022 off the back of impressive Series E funding, this focus seems to be paying off.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Dec 2025
$330m
SERIES G
May 2025
$150m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- 3 months “work from anywhere” per year
- On-site meals and snacks
- RSUs
- Private Medical Insurance (includes dental & optical) 🇬🇧
- Cycle to work Scheme 🇬🇧
- Pension 🇬🇧
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Leadership
Jack Zhang
(CEO)They have 8 years of experience as a developer, including roles at Aviva, Morgan Stanley and National Australia Bank. They are a Founder of Capital 49.
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