Senior Manager, FCC Program Management (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, based in New York, United States

Company

Airwallex provides an integrated payments and financial platform for global businesses, including business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance.

What you will do

• Lead a global, multi-year financial crime compliance transformation across operating models, processes, systems, testing, and controls.
• Build and manage the transformation roadmap, including priorities, dependencies, sequencing, and risks.
• Use AI, automation, and data tools to improve program tracking, reporting, and delivery.
• Run governance across working groups, steering committees, RAID processes, and executive updates.
• Coordinate FCC, Product, Operations, Risk, Legal & Compliance, and regional MLRO stakeholders.
• Define success measures and transition completed change into business-as-usual operations.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience leading large, multi-workstream transformation programs in financial services or fintech.
• Direct experience with financial crime program change covering AML/CTF, sanctions, FCC operations, monitoring, and testing.
• Practical experience using AI, automation, and modern tools for program planning, reporting, and execution.
• Experience delivering multiple global or multi-region programs across more than one complex institution.
• Strong organization, hands-on execution, executive presence, communication, and project management skills.
• Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, payments, or digital banking in fast-moving global environments.
• Background in consulting, regulatory remediation, or large-scale risk and compliance change.
• Strong proficiency with program tools, dashboards, and executive reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a global financial crimes compliance team covering AML/CTF, sanctions, risk assessment, FCC operations, monitoring, testing, and investigations.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, Risk, Regulatory Legal & Compliance, and regional MLRO teams.
• Work in a high-visibility environment focused on ownership, practical execution, curiosity, and rigorous decision-making.