Description
As Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management, you will shape and scale Airwallex's enterprise risk management capability across the US and EMEA.
The Global Risk team at Airwallex plays a critical role in enabling the company's growth by building a strong, scalable, and globally consistent approach to risk management.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the evolution of Airwallex's enterprise risk architecture, including risk appetite, taxonomy, governance standards, escalation protocols, and enterprise-wide oversight.
- Translate complex risk data, issues, and trends into clear, decision-useful reporting for the C-suite, Board committees, and external stakeholders.
- Oversee risk-informed change governance for new products, new markets, major systems changes, and structural changes.
- Own and continue to strengthen the enterprise crisis management framework.
- Drive a unified, risk-aware culture across the organisation.
- Build and lead a high-performing global second line team.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Law, STEM, or another relevant quantitative field.
- 10 to 15+ years of experience in risk management, operational risk, enterprise risk, compliance, controls, or audit within financial services, fintech, payments, banking, or another highly regulated environment.
- At least 5+ years leading enterprise risk management, operational risk, or governance programmes in a complex, matrixed, multi-jurisdiction organisation.
Preferred qualifications:
- Advanced degree such as an MBA, Master's in Risk Management, or JD.
- Professional certification such as FRM, PRM, CRMA, CAMS, or CFE.
- Deep fintech and payments experience.