Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO

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.

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 Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We’re passionate about safeguarding Airwallex’s operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks.

As Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, you will be Airwallex’s key FCC lead for New Zealand, responsible for owning and uplifting our AML/CFT and broader Financial Crime Compliance framework in line with New Zealand regulation and Airwallex’s global standards. You will act as the primary liaison with New Zealand regulators (in particular the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA)) and other key external stakeholders, while leading day‑to‑day financial crime advisory, investigations and reporting activities. You’ll partner closely with Product, Commercial, Operations, Legal and global FCC teams to ensure our controls are robust, scalable and enable sustainable growth. This role is based in Auckland.

Responsibilities:

• Program leadership: Own and continuously develop the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) framework for Airwallex’s New Zealand business, aligning it with the Airwallex global compliance framework and the requirements of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act) and related regulations.

• Regulatory liaison: Lead day-to-day management and execution of Airwallex’s AML/CFT regulatory interactions, examinations and ad‑hoc requests in New Zealand, including managing relationships with the DIA and any other relevant local authorities and industry bodies.

• STR/PTR oversight and BAU casework: Oversee and, where required, execute BAU financial crime activities, including enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews, transaction monitoring escalations, name‑screening alert escalations, and the investigation and filing of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Prescribed Transaction Reports (PTRs) in accordance with New Zealand requirements.

• Stakeholder management: Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders, including regulators, banking and payment partners, and other counterparties, ensuring consistent, transparent and well‑governed engagement on FCC matters.

• Advisory to the business: Provide clear, pragmatic FCC and AML/CFT advice to Commercial, Product, Operations, Legal and other teams on customers, products, features and go‑to‑market initiatives, helping to balance growth and risk in line with our global and local risk appetite.

• Reporting and governance: Develop and maintain regular FCC reporting to senior management and relevant governance bodies (e.g. local leadership, audit/risk committees and the Board as appropriate), including ...

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