Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO

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 250,000 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US $11 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.

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.

The Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team at Airwallex is a strategically vital function operating under a clear Three Lines of Defense model. As the independent second line, FCC owns the global AML/CTF program, sanctions framework, risk assessment methodology, and governance infrastructure across all global entities. As Airwallex scales into new markets and deepens its engagement with global regulatory bodies, we are building a world-class compliance organization capable of managing complex financial crime risks s is an environment where you will tackle high-impact challenges, shape global fintech risk strategies, and help establish foundations for long‑term growth.

As the Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, you'll serve as the primary head of the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function for Airwallex Netherlands. You hold ultimate responsibility for designing, implementing, and overseeing the AML/CTF programme in strict accordance with the Wwft, and applicable EU AML Directives.

You'll also be the primary point of contact for Dutch regulators and law enforcement — including De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and FIU‑Nederland. In addition, you'll work cross‑functionally with Product, Commercial, Operations, Data, and Legal colleagues to ensure our controls effectively prevent, detect, and report financial crime while enabling sustainable growth.

• Regulatory leadership: Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for the Netherlands, serving as the official liaison with DNB, FIU‑Nederland, and other relevant authorities.

• Programme ownership: Design and maintain the local AML/CTF/Sanctions compliance framework, ensuring it meets both Dutch statutory requirements and Airwallex's global standards — including alignment with EU 6
  
  AMLD and relevant EBA guidelines.

• Reporting & intelligence: Maintain oversight of the identification, review, and submission of Unusual Transaction Reports (UTRs) to FIU‑Nederland, ensuring timely and accurate reporting obligations are met.

• Strategic risk advisory: Provide high‑level guidance on the onboarding of complex high‑risk clients and the launch of new products in the Dutch market, ensuring controls satisfy both local regulatory expectations and the requirements of banking partners.

• Governance & board reporting: Lead the local FCC governance structure, providing the Airwallex Netherlands Board and Global Risk Committees with critical management…