Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, Mexico

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, compliance and financial risks. WHAT YOU'LL DO As the Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO for Mexico, you will serve as the statutory Compliance Officer (Oficial de Cumplimiento) for our Mexican entity. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of our Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) program, ensuring full compliance with the Fintech Law (Ley Fintech) and general provisions issued by the CNBV. You will act as the primary liaison with Mexican regulators—specifically the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV), the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP), and the Banco de México (Banxico). You will partner closely with the Americas leadership team, Product, and Operations to ensuring our controls are robust, scalable, and enable Airwallex to capture the massive opportunity in the Mexican market. This role is based in Mexico. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Statutory Role: Serve as the appointed Oficial de Cumplimiento before the CNBV, ensuring all personal certification requirements are maintained. - Program Leadership: Manage the local PLD/FT (AML/CFT) manual and framework, ensuring alignment with the Ley para Regular las Instituciones de Tecnología Financiera (Ley Fintech) and the Disposiciones de Carácter General. - Regulatory Liaison: Manage all interactions with the CNBV and SHCP. This includes overseeing regulatory reporting through the SITI PLD/FT portal (e.g., relevant, unusual, and worrisome operations reports) and managing regulatory inspections. - Operational Oversight: Oversee the end-to-end execution of financial crime controls in Mexico, including KYC/KYB, transactional monitoring, and sanctions screening against local and international lists. - Advisory: Partner with the Commercial an