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Join to apply for the Transaction Monitoring Lead, ANZ role at Airwallex 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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across more than 37 locations around the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures, and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. Role Overview As our Transaction Monitoring Lead, you will be responsible for our first-line financial crime operations team. This team leader is expected to drive standards in transaction monitoring and sanctions screening through TM risk assessment completion, rule tuning, segmentation, and profiling to ensure our current and future customers have a seamless experience across all of Airwallexs product suite, all while protecting Airwallex from financial risk. We expect you to have strong attention to detail and to develop and apply a comprehensive understanding of AML/CTF related functions. Who You Are A natural leader, with strong leadership skills that enable you to influence and motivate those around you Process-driven, ensuring we create procedures to build efficient and well-documented workflows A team player who can also work independently A master prioritiser with the ability to assess all of the tasks at hand and make the decision on the order in which to complete each task You have an investigative and curious nature that allows you to know when to dive deeper to get to the bottom of a problem You ask the right questions and make risk-based decisions What You Will Do Lead and inspire a team of transaction monitoring analysts, including both local and remote team members Manage SLAs and deadlines to meet team and company goals Ensure adherence to local and global compliance policies and procedures Understand the regulatory landscape and compliance requirements to further improve our investigations and rules Analyse and investigate patterns and trends Act as the point of escalation and be responsible for stakeholder management Conduct investigations on suspicious transactions Take a data-driven approach to problem solving Handle special projects and ad hoc requests, including deep dives on issues What You Will Bring Bachelors degree or equivalent 5+ years of compliance experience in transaction monitoring, financial crime management, AML investigations, or related roles AICB, CAMS, or CFE certifications are strongly preferred Process-oriented with meticulous attention to detail and strong investigative skills, along with excellent communication abilities Bank or fintech experience is highly advantageous Proven track record of managing performance against metrics and delivering on projects and BAU case work People leadership experience in managing transaction monitoring or risk analysts is a plus Strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and knowledge of SQL/Data visualization are highly beneficial Equal Opportunity Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and consider all applicants based on merit, qualifications, and talent. We do not discriminate based on color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations due to a disability or special needs, please let us know. Additional Information Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance #J-18808-Ljbffr