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.
The Enterprise Risk Manager will have responsibility for ensuring Airwallex’s EMEA entities adhere to good risk governance practices and meet required licensing standards and internal policy requirements
What You’ll Be Doing…
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Overseeing and managing enterprise and operational risk for Airwallex’s EMEA entities.
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Providing risk management advisory, support and second-line oversight, review and challenge to risk and control self-assessments, root cause analysis, MI risk reporting, and key risk indicators tracking.
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Establishing, developing, and implementing the ERM framework, risk governance, relevant policies and procedures to support EMEA entities and meet local operational needs and regulatory requirements.
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Collaborating with global, regional and local cross-functional stakeholders to ensure proper risk identification, assessment, management and documentation in line with Airwallex’s risk management framework, risk appetite, and other applicable policies.
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Assisting with implementation and providing regional support on enterprise risk management tools/systems for EMEA entities.
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Providing expertise in designing and implementing risk management policies & procedures, practices and processes, governance and strategy to enable sustainable business growth.
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Support new license applications for new products and geographic expansion within EMEA.
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Providing regular risk reporting to the Risk (sub)committees and/or local Boards, as necessary.
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Facilitate ongoing risk management training for cross-functional stakeholders to foster the organization’s risk culture.
What You Bring…
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5+ years of enterprise and operational risk management or similar experience within the financial sector
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Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to communicate and help non-experts understand applicable requirements
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Strong writing skills, with attention to detail and the ability to generate original documents suitable for sharing directly with regulators and financial partners.
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Excellent investigative, analytical and problem solving skills to identify trends and insights
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Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment by multitasking effortlessly and managing competing priorities under demanding deadlines
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Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, manage projects and drive results
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Regulatory and fintech experience preferred
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.
