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 Role

Were looking for a Finance Manager to join our growing EMEA Controllership team based in Amsterdam. Reporting to the Associate Finance Director EMEA you will play a critical role in managing the financial close statutory compliance and reporting for our EMEA entity portfolio. This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving environment where youll work across multiple jurisdictions currencies and regulatory frameworks including supporting Airwallexs banking licence obligations.

Youll be joining at an exciting time: our EMEA finance function is scaling rapidly and youll have the opportunity to shape processes build controls and drive improvements from the ground up. Were building an AI-first finance team where tools like Claude and Gemini are part of daily workflows from technical research to reconciliation review. If youre someone who thrives on ownership is comfortable navigating complexity embraces new technology and wants to grow their career in a high-calibre fintech finance team this role is for you.

What Youll Do

• Own the month-end close process for assigned EMEA entities including journal entry preparation balance sheet reconciliations and P&L reviews in Oracle Fusion prior to submission to FP&A

• Prepare and review monthly reporting packs ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data across multiple jurisdictions and currencies

• Support financial statement audits (statutory and group) by coordinating with external auditors (e.g. EY) and preparing audit deliverables including IFRS disclosures lead schedules and management representation responses

• Develop AI Agent/Tools to fully automate or drive efficiency on all the tasks above.

• Manage local statutory and tax compliance filings across EMEA entities liaising with external tax advisors to ensure timely and accurate submissions

• Perform intercompany reconciliations and resolve cross-entity discrepancies in a multi-entity multi-currency environment

• Support Airwallexs growth agenda by contributing to new licence applications and market entry workstreams across EMEA including preparing IFRS financial models pro-forma financial statements regulatory capital projections and finance workstream deliverables required by regulators

• Support regulatory financial reporting requirements for EMEA licensed entities including EMI and credit institution obligations (e.g. FINREP COREP data inputs DNB regulatory returns)

• Drive process improvement initiatives within the Controllership team including automation of manual processes standardisation of close procedures and enhancement of internal controls

• Leverage AI tools (e.g. Claude Gemini) to accelerate day-to-day finance workflows such as technical accounting research data analysis reconciliation anomaly detection disclosure drafting and audit query resolution

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams on the financial reporting implications of new product launches and business initiatives

• Assist with ad-hoc finance projects including IFRS technical accounting assessments ERP configuration changes and system migrations product enhancements.

• Partner closely with the Tax Treasury and FP&A teams on cross-functional workstreams and group-wide finance transformation projects

What Youll Bring

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA ACCA CPA RA or equivalent)

• 46 years of post-qualification experience in a finance or controllership role with at least 2 years in a multi-entity international environment

• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS; familiarity with Dutch GAAP and local statutory reporting requirements across European jurisdictions is a plus

• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion (Cloud ERP) or a comparable enterprise ERP system (SAP NetSuite)

• Experience working in the fintech payments or financial services industry preferred

• Excellent Excel and data analysis skills; comfort with large datasets and multi-currency consolidations

• AI-literate: comfortable using AI assistants and large language models as productivity tools for research analysis drafting and problem-solving in a finance context you dont need to be an engineer but you should be curious experimental and proactive in adopting new technology

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with external auditors tax advisors and cross-functional stakeholders

• Self-starter with a proactive mindset comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-paced high-growth environment

• Fluent in English; proficiency in Dutch or another European language is a plus

Nice to Have

• Experience with regulatory reporting for licensed financial institutions (EMI PSD2 credit institution frameworks)

• Familiarity with DORA ICAAP or prudential reporting requirements

• Experience supporting banking licence applications or regulatory change programmes

• Exposure to share-based payment accounting (IFRS 2) and intercompany transfer pricing

• SQL or BI tool experience (e.g. Hex Tableau Databricks) for financial data analysis

• Experience building AI-augmented workflows or automations in a finance function (e.g. using AI for journal entry anomaly detection cash flow forecasting or automated report generation)

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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