Description
About the Role
As Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, APAC you will shape and scale Airwallex’s global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing framework, establishing a rigorous, data-driven second-line assurance function.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the strategic development, execution, and continuous evolution of Airwallex’s Global FCC Monitoring & Testing Programme, establishing robust, risk-based testing methodologies and annual plans for independent second-line assurance.
- Design comprehensive testing frameworks to validate core compliance controls across customer onboarding, periodic reviews, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting workflows.
- Oversee the ongoing FCC monitoring program for APAC (excluding China and Hong Kong), including establishment of KPIs and operating effectiveness metrics.
- Advance the transition from traditional sample reviews toward continuous, data-enabled assurance by leveraging data analytics, system logs, and automated testing scripts.
- Oversee the independent validation of system-encoded controls, including transaction monitoring thresholds, screening logic, and customer risk-rating models.
- Translate complex testing outcomes and thematic trends into clear, decision-useful reporting for executive leadership and governance forums.
- Represent the FCC monitoring and testing function during regulatory examinations, internal or external audits, and banking partner reviews.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related quantitative/analytical discipline.
- CAMS certification or an ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (or equivalent professional credential).
- 10+ years of experience within FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or a related second/third-line control function inside a fintech, payments, or highly regulated banking environment.
- Strong technical knowledge of financial crime controls across transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, customer due diligence, and digital KYC/KYB workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree such as an MBA, Master’s in Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field.
- Professional assurance or audit certifications such as CAMS-Audit, CISA, or CIA.
- Strong fintech and platforms experience, including exposure to cloud-native, API-driven, high-growth global environments with significant cross-border transaction volume.
- Strong data literacy, including comfort using SQL, Python, BI dashboards, or automated tools to support continuous control validation and population-based testing.