Associate Director, FCC & MLRO, Americas

About Airwallex

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.

Attributes We Value

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.

What you'll do

As the Associate Director of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) for the Americas, you will act as the lead for one of our fastest-growing regions, currently comprised of the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. You will be responsible for managing the Americas FCC team, ensuring our program is robust, scalable, and compliant with diverse local regulations while aligning with Airwallex’s global standards.

This is a dual-focus role: you will enhance and operationalize our program in existing markets while providing critical support as we launch into new jurisdictions and roll out new products. Beyond regional leadership, you will serve as a key member of the global FCC leadership team, helping to drive forward strategic global initiatives such as the Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA), defining strategic OKRs, and strengthening the global compliance framework.

Responsibilities:

• Regional Program Leadership: Own the execution and enhancement of the Financial Crime Compliance framework across the Americas. You will partner closely with local Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) and country leads to ensure compliance with local laws—including the US Bank Secrecy Act, Canada's PCMLTFA, and regulations in Brazil and Mexico—while maintaining alignment with global policy

• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop the Financial Crime Compliance team across the Americas region, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring the team is equipped to handle rapid scale

• Regulatory Liaison: Manage relationships with key regulators across the region. This includes interfacing with US state and federal regulators, the Bank of Canada/FINTRAC, the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB), and the Bank of Mexico (Banxico). You will coordinate responses to regulatory examinations, independent reviews, and audits

• Global Strategy & Governance: Partner with the Global Head of FCC to execute against our strategic OKRs and drive forward global initiatives. You will play a key role in strengthening the global program through projects such as enhancing our Management Information (MI) reporting, conducting product/risk coverage assessments, and monitoring performance against our risk appetite

• New Market & Product Advisory: Partner closely with Product, Strategy, and Commercial teams to support the launch of new products