Senior Manager, Sanctions Regulatory Analysis

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Manager, Sanctions Regulatory Analysis to join its Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team. The successful candidate will act as a regional escalation point for L3 sanctions alerts, advising on complicated sanctions matches, driving sanctions investigations, and determining potential reporting obligations.

Responsibilities:

• Act as an in-region Sanctions Subject Matter Expert (SME) and serve as the second-line escalation point for highly complex, ambiguous sanctions matches.
• Own L3 Sanctions case investigation and decisioning regionally, assessing applicable reporting, disclosure, and recordkeeping obligations.
• Provide practical, timely, and risk-based sanctions advice on complex cross-border payment flows, indirect exposure, jurisdictional conflicts, new products and services, customer segments, commercial transactions, and geographic expansion.
• Own and maintain regional Sanctions operational procedures and provide effective second-line oversight of sanctions controls implemented by first-line teams.
• Liaise with global teams to provide actionable feedback on product-specific controls and screening technologies.
• Monitor US, regional, and international sanctions and export-control developments, geopolitical events, and regulatory expectations.
• Develop and deliver targeted training and ongoing guidance for L2 sanctions reviewers, KYC, Operations, and other stakeholders on sanctions risk.
• Lead responses to banking partners and other external stakeholders on sanctions-related inquiries and due diligence reviews.

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of relevant experience, preferably at a fintech, payments company, or large financial institution specializing in sanctions.
• Experience managing sanctions alerts at the L3 level, recommending blocking/freezing transactions, assessing sanctions-related licenses and respective transactional permissibility, and managing reporting.
• History of assessing current sanctions frameworks and recommending enhancements to strengthen the program.
• Demonstrated understanding of in-region sanctions regulations and industry best practices pertaining to economic sanctions.
• Expert knowledge of financial and trade sanctions within the European Union (EU) framework and UK regulations administered by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).