Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.
You’ll lead a global, multi-year transformation of Airwallex’s financial crime compliance framework across operating model, processes, systems, testing, and controls.
You’ll build and drive the roadmap, sequencing priorities, dependencies, and risks across complex global workstreams, while using AI, automation, and data tools to improve program tracking, reporting, and delivery.
Working closely with FCC and cross-functional leaders, you’ll turn complexity into clear plans, decisions, and action; run disciplined governance across working groups, SteerCos, RAID, and executive updates; and define success measures that evidence progress and support a smooth transition into BAU.
You’ll work from our London office three days a week.
What we're looking forEssentials
10 years’ experience leading large, multi-workstream transformation programs in financial services or fintech.
Direct experience delivering financial crime program change across areas such as AML/CTF, sanctions, FCC operations, and monitoring and testing.
Practical experience using AI, automation, and modern tools to improve program planning, reporting, and execution in complex environments.
A track record of delivering multiple global or multi-region programs at more than one complex institution.
Highly organised, hands-on, and strong at turning complexity into action.
Strong executive presence and clear communication skills.
Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.
Preferred
Experience in fintech, payments, or digital banking, ideally in fast-moving, global environments.
Background in consulting, regulatory remediation, or large-scale risk and compliance change.
Strong proficiency with program tools, dashboards, and executive reporting.
You're comfortable owning the roadmap yourself.
You're comfortable operating across time zones with a globally distributed team, including colleagues based in APAC and EMEA.
You simplify complexity rather than hiding behind it.
You over-communicate by design. You'd rather flag something early than let it become a surprise.
You know when to align and when to just decide. Collaboration isn't a way to avoid accountability.
The Financial Crimes Compliance team builds and oversees Airwallex’s global financial crime framework across AML/CTF, sanctions, risk assessment, FCC operations, monitoring and testing, and investigations. The team works closely with Product, Operations, Risk, Regulatory Legal & Compliance, and regional MLROs to make sure our controls are well designed, practical, and effective as Airwallex scales globally.
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Equal opportunityAirwallex 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 London, England Office
Airwallex London, UK Office
Labs House, 15-19 Bloomsbury Way, London, United Kingdom, WC1A 2TH
Sales
Our London office is scaling fast. We're a 140+ strong team and growing, and our Sales team is right at the heart of it. The momentum is real: we're investing over $1bn into the region and $590m into the UK. Revenue is up 116% year on year and volumes have surged 226%, and we’ve only captured a fraction of what’s possible. That's where you come in. You'll be selling a world-class proven product into a market that's still wide open. Global heavyweights like McLaren Racing, Arsenal, Bolt, Qantas, and Carwow already run on Airwallex. For you, that means real ownership from the start, a role you'll scale, and scope that grows as fast as you can sell. It's a rare moment to join: proven product, open market, and a team going places
