Senior Manager, Fraud Risk

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 professionals and risk management experts. Were passionate about safeguarding Airwallexs operations fostering a culture of compliance and integrity and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape responsibly. The team provides expert guidance and proactive support across all areas of the businessidentifying mitigating and managing legal and financial risks to enable sustainable growth.

What youll do

As the Senior Manager Fraud Risk you will serve as a subject matter expert in fraud risk management within the Second Line of Defense risk team reporting directly to the Director Fraud Risk. You will be responsible for the implementation and management of fraud risk policies and oversight of fraud controls throughout the product and customer lifecycles to ensure that Airwallex effectively manages fraud risk and meets its regulatory and financial partner requirements. The ideal candidate will have fraud risk oversight experience across a variety of customer and product domains including across bank payments platform payment acquiring (cards and local payment methods) and issuing.

This role is based in Amsterdam.

Responsibilities:

• Own develop and maintain Airwallexs fraud risk framework including ongoing review and monitoring against the approved board risk appetite for fraud

• Develop implement and maintain organizational fraud policies ensuring these are fit-for-purpose for the scope of Airwallexs customer portfolio and product suite

• Ensure the fraud incident reporting process is managed and maintained across all regions.

• Ensure timely reporting of fraud incidents to management and in compliance with global regulations

• Continuously evaluate and enhance fraud prevention measures ensuring that policies align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements

• Oversee controls procedures and processes implemented by the 1st Line of Defense for transactional and account-related fraud

• Lead risk assessments where necessary into emerging fraud risks

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to assess and address new fraud risks and implement proactive strategies to mitigate these risks

• Work closely with the product operations legal and compliance teams to ensure that fraud risk management practices product launches and business initiatives are aligned with the fraud risk appetite and meet regulatory requirements

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

Minimum qualifications:

• 8 years of fraud risk management experience within the financial sector (Fintech Banking or Payments preferred)

• Proven experience in developing and implementing fraud policies and risk controls

• Deep knowledge of industry-relevant ID&V methods KYC processes and Transaction Fraud monitoring tools

• Solid understanding of global regulatory environments related to fraud and AML

• Strong experience in managing fraud incident reporting and data analysis

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex risk findings to stakeholders

• Strong ability to work cross-functionally and contribute collaboratively to achieve ambitious goals
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Business Finance Law or a related field

• Professional certification in fraud prevention (e.g. CFE CAMS)

• Experience working in high-risk geographies and understanding regional fraud trends

• Experience with database or data visualization tools to support fraud risk reporting
  
  

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 application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @ email address. Please apply only through or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

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.

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Senior Manager