Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, Americas

Airwallex • Dallas, TX

14d • $120,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Airwallex is redesigning its Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Program and second-line function. The Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, Americas provides independent assurance that the program is designed and operating effectively, leading monitoring and testing across the Americas. Reporting to the Director of FCC Monitoring, the role helps Airwallex meet regulatory expectations as it expands into new products, regions, customer cohorts, and licensing requirements.

The role redesigns and strengthens the Americas monitoring and testing approach and builds a regional assurance plan covering the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. It maps controls to regional risk assessments, identifies testing coverage gaps by entity and product, and develops an annual testing plan aligned to state examination cycles. It also uses data analytics and AI to make assurance more proactive, efficient, and auditable, with clear documentation of methodologies, evidence, and conclusions.

The position partners with local and regional MLROs, FCC Operations, Product, the VP of FCC, regulators, banking partners, and senior leadership to assess controls and support business expansion. It is a remote role based in Dallas and involves working independently across multiple time zones, with occasional flexibility in hours to collaborate with the global team.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of global AML and sanctions frameworks, including regulatory expectations across US regions.
• Proven experience in program monitoring and testing, with evidence of enhancing the effectiveness of a financial crime compliance program.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including demonstrated ability to engage senior executives, regulators, and global business leaders on complex financial crime risk matters.
• Experience operating in a second-line financial crime compliance, risk, or assurance function, with the independence and judgment to assess program effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of sanctions oversight and its role within an FCC Program.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage workload, and deliver high-quality, well-documented work across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.
• Experience using data analytics, automation, or AI-enabled approaches to improve monitoring, testing, or assurance methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with or supporting Group MLRO, Regional MLRO, or Country MLRO functions, including governance committees, regulatory engagements, and risk oversight activities.
• Risk and controls experience.

Responsibilities

• Redesign and strengthen Airwallex’s FCC monitoring and testing approach across the Americas.
• Build and deliver a regional assurance plan covering the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico, aligned to local risk assessments, products, entities, and regulatory expectations.
• Map the control inventory to regional risk assessments, identify gaps in testing coverage by entity and product, and draft the annual testing plan around state examination cycles.
• Use data analytics and AI to make monitoring and testing more proactive, efficient, and auditable; document methodologies, evidence, and conclusions clearly.
• Partner with local and regional MLROs, FCC Operations, Product, the VP of FCC, regulators, banking partners, and senior leadership to assess control effectiveness and support expansion.
• Establish working relationships across a new global function, operate independently across multiple time zones, and contribute to a future-ready FCC Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed