Senior Compliance Manager & 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 200000 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 2000 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 youre 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 youre motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment dig deep with curiosity and make decisions from first principles balancing speed and rigor.

Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

About the team

The Legal Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. Were passionate about safeguarding Airwallexs 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 youll do

As Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO you will be Airwallexs key FCC lead for New Zealand responsible for owning and uplifting our AML/CFT and broader Financial Crime Compliance framework in line with New Zealand regulation and Airwallexs global standards. You will act as the primary liaison with New Zealand regulators (in particular the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA)) and other key external stakeholders while leading daytoday financial crime advisory investigations and reporting activities. Youll partner closely with Product Commercial Operations Legal and global FCC teams to ensure our controls are robust scalable and enable sustainable growth. This role is based in Auckland.

Responsibilities:

• Program leadership: Own and continuously develop the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) framework for Airwallexs New Zealand business aligning it with the Airwallex global compliance framework and the requirements of the AntiMoney Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act) and related regulations.

• Regulatory liaison: Lead day-to-day management and execution of Airwallexs AML/CFT regulatory interactions examinations and adhoc requests in New Zealand including managing relationships with the DIA and any other relevant local authorities and industry bodies.

• STR/PTR oversight and BAU casework: Oversee and where required execute BAU financial crime activities including enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews transaction monitoring escalations namescreening alert escalations and the investigation and filing of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Prescribed Transaction Reports (PTRs) in accordance with New Zealand requirements.

• Stakeholder management: Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders including regulators banking and payment partners and other counterparties ensuring consistent transparent and wellgoverned engagement on FCC matters.

• Advisory to the business: Provide clear pragmatic FCC and AML/CFT advice to Commercial Product Operations Legal and other teams on customers products features and gotomarket initiatives helping to balance growth and risk in line with our global and local risk appetite.

• Reporting and governance: Develop and maintain regular FCC reporting to senior management and relevant governance bodies (e.g. local leadership audit/risk committees and the Board as appropriate) including key risk indicators incident updates remediation status and thematic insights.

• Audit reviews and remediation: Coordinate responses to internal audits independent reviews regulatory inspections and selfassessments related to AML/CFT and sanctions ensuring issues are clearly owned tracked and remediated within agreed timeframes.

• Internal controls and procedures: Lead the design implementation and ongoing monitoring of internal FCC controls including policies standards procedures and quality assurance over FCC Operations and Hub teams supporting New Zealand activity.

• Governance and oversight of operations: Provide robust oversight and challenge over the FCC Hub and Operations teams that support New Zealand (e.g. KYC screening transaction monitoring) ensuring procedures are fitforpurpose for the New Zealand risk profile and regulatory obligations.

• Training and culture: Champion a strong compliance and conduct culture in New Zealand by driving targeted AML/CFT training coaching and awareness initiatives for relevant teams and by embedding FCC considerations into key business processes and decisions.

Who you are

Were looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Law Finance Business or a related field.

• 8 years of financial crime compliance experience in a financial institution or payment services / fintech environment.

• Demonstrated auditing or assurance background and prior experience interacting with regulators ideally including the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) or another New Zealand AML/CFT supervisor.

• Indepth familiarity with New Zealand laws and regulations particularly the AntiMoney Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and associated regulations and guidance.

• Handson experience with STR and PTR investigation and filing and with managing transaction monitoring and namescreening escalations endtoend.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to credibly engage and challenge senior internal stakeholders and external partners while rolemodelling Airwallex values and behaviours.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including the ability to draft clear regulatory submissions boardlevel materials and investigation narratives.

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous experience acting as MLRO Deputy MLRO or equivalent accountable individual under AML/CFT legislation.

• Experience working in the payments fintech or ecommerce sectors ideally supporting crossborder or digital products and platforms.

• Recognised professional certification in a compliance or financial crime discipline (e.g. CAMS ICA ACAMS AICD governance training).

• Experience operating in a global or regional FCC function partnering across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit qualifications competence and talent. We dont regard color religion race national origin sexual orientation ancestry citizenship sex marital or family status disability gender or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

Required Experience:

Manager