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 compliance and financial risks.

What youll 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 regulatorsspecifically 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 and Product teams to support the rollout of new payment and card products in Mexico providing compliance by design guidance that balances regulatory obligations with user experience.

• Governance & Reporting: Act as the Secretary of the Communication and Control Committee (Comité de Comunicación y Control) preparing monthly reports on the effectiveness of the compliance program.

• Audit Management: Coordinate the annual external PLD audit and internal compliance reviews ensuring findings are tracked and remediated effectively.

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:

• Experience: 8 years of experience in financial crime compliance risk management or internal control within the Mexican financial sector (Fintech Bank or SOFIPO)

• Certification: You MUST currently hold the CNBV Anti-Money Laundering Certification (Certificación en materia de PLD/FT expedida por la CNBV)

• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep mastery of Mexican PLD/FT regulations the Ley Fintech and the General Provisions applicable to Electronic Payment Funds Institutions (IFPEs)

• Communication: Native-level fluency in Spanish and professional fluency in English are mandatory. You must be comfortable navigating complex regulatory discussions in Spanish and reporting to global management in English

• Stakeholder Management: Strong ability to influence senior internal stakeholders and manage external regulatory relationships with credibility

Preferred qualifications:

• Fintech Experience: Prior experience acting as a Compliance Officer for an Institution of Electronic Payment Funds (IFPE)

• Industry Background: Experience in cross-border payments merchant acquiring or card issuance

• Additional Certification: International certifications such as CAMS or ICA are a plus though not a substitute for the CNBV certification

• Leadership: Experience building and managing a local compliance team

*Note: All applications must be submitted in English for consideration.

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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.

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Manager