Financial Crime Operation Senior Analyst

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. Job Description: Airwallex is a global payments fintech company transforming the way businesses move and manage money globally. We have built a global financial infrastructure platform to help businesses transact, collect and pay across 130+ countries and 50+ currencies, without the constraints of the traditional global financial system. We've grown to 19 global locations and have raised over US$800 million in funding. To support our ambitious growth plans, we’re looking for smart, collaborative and passionate people who are looking to make a genuine impact. As an FIU Operations Analyst, you will be responsible for conducting in‑depth account activity reviews, supporting STR preparation and filing, and coordinating risk‑based actions across multiple stakeholders. You will work on escalations from TM, KYC, Channel and other Operations teams, as well as proactive investigations driven by data and internal dashboards. This role is ideal for someone who is curious about new typologies and products, comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and excited to build expertise in new regulations, tools and jurisdictions. Role: This role mainly focuses on transaction monitoring case handling. It reports to the Financial Investigation Unit Operation Manager. Responsibilities: - Support STR / SAR lifecycle: prepare investigation summaries, draft STR narratives, populate regulator templates, and work with the MLRO / FIU to finalise filings within required SLAs. - Conduct account activity reviews (AARs) on customers escalated by TM, KYC, Banking Partners, or Compliance teams, including end‑to‑end transaction analysis, KYC file review, open‑source research, linked account investigation, comprehensive risk assessment, and formulating recommendations. - Perform proactive investigations utilizing internal suspicious dashboards, tools, and datasets to identify emerging financial crime patterns and high-risk customer relationships. - Execute and coordinate risk controls (transaction blocks, account freezes, offboarding, blacklisting, enhanced monitoring) per internal policies and FIU guidance. - Maintain precise audit-ready investigation records in internal systems, documenting decisions, rationale, evidence and timelines comprehensive