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 100,000 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 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

Role: 

This role mainly focuses on transaction monitoring case handling. It reports to the GC Transaction Monitoring Manager.

 Responsibilities:

• Conduct daily transaction monitoring tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in case management system per predefined TM procedure.

• Managing inquiries on suspicious transactions from banking partners or law enforcement.

• Conduct comprehensive analysis over suspicious clients where applicable.

• Participate in various AML related projects and initiatives to help drive the operation excellence and overall efficiency.

• Proactively stay up-to-date with AML related news and regulatory developments, improve the knowledge base of AML and Sanctions within the team and assist with the development of in-house expertise.

• Complete other work related to transaction monitoring operation or assigned by FinCrime Operation Manager.

Key Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant AML and Sanctions experience in a public accounting and/or litigation/disputes consulting firm, financial services industry or regulatory environment.

• Familiarity with common money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, general or risk-based compliance, risk management, other financial crime compliance.

• Having substantial hands on experience on the following areas is a plus: 

  • International, regional and local regulatory knowledge/experience, AML and OFAC risk assessment of Process improvement initiatives (KYC, CDD, etc.) 

  • Policy & procedure development (Black/white list maintenance; STR writing/review, etc.) 

  • Alert clearing and investigations 

  • Common AML Typology Analysis

  • Vendor solutions in KYC

  • Transaction Monitoring, Case Management or Sanction Compliance

  • Internet Financing or payment company risk and Compliance

  • Investment banking

• Excellent verbal and written communication in both Mandarin and English.

• Proficient in use of MS outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

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.

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.