Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, Japan

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, 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.

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

Airwallex's (Senior) Compliance Manager, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, is a key member of our global compliance team, responsible for driving and embedding Airwallex’s compliance program. This role partners with internal teams to design, develop, implement and monitor screening and monitoring rules, and supports regulatory obligations for the Japan market. Reporting to the Regional Director of Financial Crime Compliance for Asia and MLRO, this role drives the development, launch, and management of key compliance programs.

This role is based in Japan.

Responsibilities:

• Own and develop the FCC compliance framework of Airwallex in Japan, building on the Airwallex global compliance framework

• Manage and set departmental and individual targets for the FCC Team

• Provide day-to-day management and execution of Airwallex’s AML regulatory interactions, examinations, and ad-hoc requests

• Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders, including regulators and financial partners

• Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective tactical, strategic, and updated anti-money laundering program

• Manage the day-to-day BAU tasks including enhanced due diligence (EDD) approvals, name screening alert escalations, and with filing Suspicious Matter Reports as necessary

• Provide advice and support to the Commercial and Operations team on various compliance matters

• Work closely with the Financial Partnership team to deal with any potential enquiries from external parties including banking partners and scheme partners

• Develop and manage a regular monitoring and reporting process to inform senior management, the audit committee and the board as necessary and required

• Design and execute reports to measure success and performance of AML Compliance initiatives, operations, critical metrics, and Key Risk Indicators

• Coordinate with various stakeholders to address issues raised in internal audit reports, self-assessments, compliance reviews, or regulatory examination

• Drive internal controls design and monitoring to support Compliance Operational policy and procedures

Who you are

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• A minimum of 8 years financial crimes compliance experience in a financial institution.

• Ability to multitask effortlessly and handle challenging priorities under deadlines

• Credible stakeholder engagement and management skills to align with our organisational values and behaviors

• Written and verbal fluency in both Japanese and English

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding and knowledge in payment industry

• Experience as MLRO / Deputy MLRO

• Experience interacting with the Regulator

• Auditing background preferred

Airwallexについて

Airwallexは、グローバル企業向けの統合型決済・金融プラットフォームです。独自のインフラとソフトウェアを基盤に、世界250,000社以上の企業（Brex、Rippling、Navan、Qantas、SHEINなど）に対し、ビジネスアカウント、決済、支出管理、資金管理、さらには組み込み型金融（Embedded Finance）までをシームレスに提供しています。

Airwallexはオーストラリア・メルボルンで創業し、現在では世界27拠点、2,300名以上の優秀なメンバーが在籍しています。企業価値は110億米ドルを超え、T. Rowe Price、Visa、Mastercard、Sequoia Capital、Salesforce Venturesなど世界有数の投資家から支援を受けています。私たちは次世代のグローバル金融インフラを構築し、世界中の企業が国境を越えて成長できる未来を創っています。

大きな挑戦を通じてキャリアを加速させたい方をお待ちしています。

Airwallexが大切にする価値観

私たちは、起業家精神を持ち、自ら課題を発見し解決できる「ビルダー」を求めています。

インパクトの大きな仕事に挑戦したい方、急速な成長環境で学び続けたい方、そして高いオーナーシップを持って成果を追求できる方が活躍できる環境です。

論理的思考力と専門性を持ちながらも、謙虚で協調性があり、ゼロからイチを生み出し、最後までやり遂げる力を重視しています。また、AIを積極的に活用し、よりスマートに課題解決できることも歓迎します。

世界中の優秀な仲間とともに、グローバル金融の未来を創りたい方のご応募をお待ちしています。

チームについて

AirwallexのLegal, Risk & Compliance（LRC）チームは、法務・リスク管理・コンプライアンス領域の専門家で構成されるグローバルチームです。

私たちは、Airwallexの事業運営を保護し、コンプライアンスと高い倫理観を企業文化として推進するとともに、グローバルな金融環境において健全かつ持続的な成長を実現することをミッションとしています。

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