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 2,000 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. 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.

About the Team

The Corporate Development and Investor Relations team at Airwallex is the company’s strategic brain trust, driving financial strategy, growth, and high-impact decision-making. As a small but high-powered team of experienced ex-bulge bracket bankers, we work at the intersection of strategy, finance, and execution, partnering cross-functionally to unlock new opportunities, and execute complex transactions. From fundraising and M&A to strategic finance initiatives, we play a critical role in shaping Airwallex’s future.

What you’ll do

The Manager, Corporate Development & Investor Relations will work in a high-caliber team and will be involved in fundraising, investor relations and M&A for expanding our business into new products and new regions.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze where to deploy resources and develop partnerships, investments, and/or acquisition strategies to drive long term strategic value

• Evaluate white space business, product, and market opportunities in the ecosystem

• Work with executives on fundraising activities and investor communication

• Develop operating and financial models to support business case

• Execute transactions that will have a material impact on the business

• Identifying acquisition targets, manage negotiations, deal structuring, financial analysis, due diligence process and execution of acquisition deals, ensuring alignment with Airwallex’s strategic goals and regulatory needs

• Collaborate with legal, finance, and CEO’s office to ensure seamless post-acquisition integration of the acquired entities

What You Will Bring:

• 4-10 years of experience, preferably in top-tier investment banking, private equity, management consulting, corporate development in technology companies or equivalent

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Investment banking experience, specifically with M&A and live deals

• Strong analytical skills & data literacy, especially the ability to create and manage investment memos and financial models

• Experience in technology, financial services and/or experience in a high growth environment is advantageous

• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter capable of prioritizing tasks with great written and verbal communication skills to communicate complex concepts to senior management and stakeholders

• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter capable of prioritizing tasks and managing workload effectively

• Experience communicating complex concepts to senior management and stakeholders

• Success-oriented and hold yourself accountable for delivering key outcomes

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 @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com 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 don’t 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.