Senior Compliance Manager & Deputy MLRO

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. 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 Senior Compliance Manager & Deputy MLRO – Financial Crime (AML/CTF), you will be a senior member of the ANZ Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team and a key second‑line advisor for Airwallex’s Australian business. You will help design and uplift our AML/CTF and broader financial crime compliance program in line with Australian regulation and Airwallex’s global standards, with a particular focus on policies and procedures, SMR/IFTI reporting, and continuous improvement of FCC processes. You’ll work cross‑functionally with Product, Commercial, Operations, Data, Legal and global FCC colleagues on high‑risk cases and strategic commercial opportunities, ensuring our controls effectively prevent, detect and report financial crime while enabling sustainable growth. This role can be based in Sydney or Melbourne. Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain Australian FCC policies, standards and detailed procedures (e.g. KYC/OCDD, EDD, name‑screening, transaction monitoring, SMR/IFTI reporting) and drive ongoing uplift of the local AML/CTF Program in line with the AML/CTF Act, AML/CTF Rules, AUSTRAC guidance and group‑wide standards. - Provide senior oversight of financial crime investigations arising from transaction monitoring alerts, name‑screening hits, internal referrals and external requests, ensuring robust documentation, clear rationales and appropriate escalation decisions. - Review and, where required, approve and submit Suspicious Matter Reports (SMRs) and International Funds Transfer Instructions (IFTIs) to AUSTRAC, and lead ongoing uplift of SMR/IFTI processes, including SLAs, workflow design, backlog management and quality assurance. - Lead or support cross‑division work on high‑risk customers, industries and complex commercial d