Description
About Airwallex
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.
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.
What you’ll do
As the Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, Japan, you will be a key member of our global compliance team, responsible for driving and embedding Airwallex’s compliance program in Japan. This role partners with internal teams to design, develop, implement, and monitor screening and monitoring rules, and supports regulatory obligations for the Japan market. You will report to the Regional Director of Financial Crime Compliance for Asia and MLRO.
Responsibilities:
- Own and develop the FCC compliance framework of Airwallex in Japan, building on the Airwallex global compliance framework
- Manage and set departmental and individual targets for the FCC Team
- Provide day-to-day management and execution of Airwallex’s AML regulatory interactions, examinations, and ad-hoc requests
- Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders, including regulators and financial partners
- Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective tactical, strategic, and updated anti-money laundering program
- Manage the day-to-day BAU tasks including enhanced due diligence (EDD) approvals, name screening alert escalations, and with filing Suspicious Matter Reports as necessary
- Provide advice and support to the Commercial and Operations team on various compliance matters
- Work closely with the Financial Partnership team to deal with any potential enquiries from external parties including banking partners and scheme partners
- Develop and manage a regular monitoring and reporting process to inform senior management, the audit committee, and the board as necessary and required
- Design and execute reports to measure success and performance of AML Compliance initiatives, operations, critical metrics, and Key Risk Indicators
- Coordinate with various stakeholders to address issues raised in internal audit reports, self-assessments, compliance reviews, or regulatory examination
- Drive internal controls design and monitoring to support Compliance Operational policy and procedures
Who you are
Minimum qualifications:
- A minimum of 8 years financial crimes compliance experience in a financial institution.
- Ability to multitask effortlessly and handle challenging priorities under deadlines
- Credible stakeholder engagement and management skills to align with our organisational values and behaviors
- Written and verbal fluency in both Japanese and English
Preferred qualifications:
- Understanding and knowledge in the payment industry
- Experience as MLRO / Deputy MLRO
- Experience interacting with the Regulator
- Auditing background preferred