Analyst, Transaction Monitoring

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 2,200 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 https://www.airwallex.com/us/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. Responsibilities: - Conduct daily transaction monitoring tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in the case management system per pre-defined TM procedure - Conduct transaction screening tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in the Airwallex system per pre-defined screening procedur e - Participate in various AML-related projects and initiatives to help drive operational excellence and overall efficiency - Understanding of AML regulatory regulations and regulations from card schemes - Proactively stay up-to-date with AML-related news and regulatory developments, improve the knowledge base of AML and sanctions within the team and assist with the development of in-house expertise - Complete other work related to transaction monitoring operations or assigned by the Transaction Monitoring Lead - Coordinate with issuing and acquiring related initiatives - Actively handle issuing investigations in a timely manner - Perform a holistic review for post-monitoring alerts - Escalate issuing accidents in a timely manner with proper solving suggestions Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree with 3 – 5 years of relevant AML and sanctions experience in fintech, financial services, litigation or regulatory environment - Familiarity with typical money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, general or risk-based compliance, risk management, and other financial crime compliance. - Having substantial hands-on experience in the following areas is a plus: International, regional and local regulatory knowledge/experience, AML and OFAC risk assessment - Process improvement initiatives (KYC, CDD, etc.) - Policy & procedure development (black/white list maintenance; STR writing/review, etc.) - Alert clearing and investigations - common AML typology analysis - vendor solutions in KYC, transaction monitoring, case management or sanction compliance - Strong data analytical skills including but not limited to advanced Google Sheets/Scripts and SQL is a huge plus, though not required APPLICANT SAFETY POLICY: FRAUD AND THIRD-PARTY RECRUITERS To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the app