Posted May 20, 2026
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 Global Risk team at Airwallex plays a critical role in enabling the company’s growth by building a strong, scalable, and globally consistent approach to risk management. The team works across the business to define risk appetite, develop frameworks and policies, support strategic decision-making, and provide oversight of key risks as Airwallex expands across products, markets, and regulatory environments. You’ll be part of a highly collaborative group that partners closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Financial Crime Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, and Legal teams to help Airwallex grow responsibly and with confidence. This is a team where you’ll tackle complex, high-impact challenges, shape how risk is managed at a global fintech, and help build the foundations for long-term scale.
As Global Lead of Risk Assurance, you will build and lead Airwallex’s global second line risk assurance capability across the US and EMEA. This is a Senior Director role for someone who can combine the rigor of an elite auditor with the technical fluency needed to validate controls in a high-velocity fintech environment. You will act as Airwallex’s independent validator, ensuring that the controls the firm describes in policies, frameworks, and regulatory commitments are operating effectively in real systems, products, and workflows. You will work closely with Risk, Product, Engineering, Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance, Treasury, and Legal to create a scalable assurance engine that strengthens decision-making, supports remediation, and stands up to regulatory and partner scrutiny. This role is based in the US or EMEA. Responsibilities:
We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or another relevant quantitative discipline. - 12 to 15+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Compliance Monitoring, Risk Testing, Risk Assurance, or a related control function within fintech, payments, banking, remittance, or another highly regulated financial services environment. - 5+ years of experience leading a global or multi-jurisdiction assurance, testing, monitoring, or control validation function at a senior level. - Strong command of second or third line control testing methodologies, including risk-based planning, sampling, design and operating effectiveness assessment, issue writing, and remediation validation. Comparable fintech monitoring roles also emphasize sampling strategies and root cause analysis as core capabilities. - Demonstrated experience overseeing assurance activity across multiple risk domains, including financial risk, operational risk, technology risk, and regulatory compliance obligations. - Experience translating testing outcomes into clear, decision-useful reporting for senior executives, governance forums, regulators, auditors, or financial partners. - Direct experience acting as a senior interface for regulatory exams, external audits, Internal Audit reviews, or partner bank assurance exercises in high-stakes environments. - Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively and independently. - Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with high standards, evolving priorities, and significant cross-functional collaboration, which is consistent with Airwallex’s broader job description guidance and company operating environment. Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree in Enterprise Risk Management, Technology Risk, Business Administration, or another relevant field. - Professional certifications such as CIA, CISA, CFA, FRM, CPA, or similar credentials spanning assurance, technology, and financial risk disciplines. - Direct experience designing or scaling an assurance framework in a cloud-native, API-driven, high-volume fintech, payments, digital banking, or other modern financial infrastructure environment. - Strong data literacy, including experience using SQL, Python, BI tools, or automated workflows to improve monitoring, testing, and control validation. Similar fintech roles increasingly call for data-enabled assurance and automated testing capability. - Ability to work effectively with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Treasury, and Compliance teams to test how automated systems, models, and control logic perform in production. - Experience operating across multiple regulatory jurisdictions, particularly the US, UK, Europe, and APAC. - Experience supporting partner bank oversight, prudential reviews, licensing commitments, or regulator-driven remediation programmes in a payments or embedded finance model. ## Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters
*To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @*airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.
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