Analyst, Post-time Transaction Monitoring, SEA (Fintech)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company

Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform providing business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance solutions.

What you will do

• Conduct daily post-time transaction monitoring and transaction screening in case management and Airwallex systems.
• Clear, review, and escalate monitoring alerts according to defined transaction monitoring and screening procedures.
• Handle issuing investigations, perform holistic post-monitoring alert reviews, and escalate issuing incidents with resolution recommendations.
• Participate in AML-related projects and initiatives focused on operational excellence and efficiency.
• Monitor AML regulatory and card scheme developments and contribute to the team’s AML and sanctions knowledge base.
• Coordinate with issuing and acquiring initiatives and support other transaction monitoring operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 2–4 years of relevant AML and sanctions experience in fintech, financial services, litigation, or a regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, risk-based compliance, risk management, and financial crime compliance.
• Experience with alert clearing, investigations, AML typology analysis, and vendor solutions for KYC, transaction monitoring, case management, or sanctions compliance.
• Understanding of AML regulations and card scheme requirements.
• Policy and procedure development experience, including blacklists, whitelists, and suspicious transaction report writing or review.
• Strong analytical skills; advanced Google Sheets, Google Apps Script, and SQL experience is an advantage.

Nice to have

• International, regional, or local regulatory knowledge and experience.
• AML and OFAC risk assessment experience.
• Advanced Google Sheets, Google Apps Script, or SQL skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a global payments and financial platform used by more than 250,000 businesses.
• Collaborate with teams across 27 offices and contribute to high-visibility financial crime compliance initiatives.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment that values ownership, analytical thinking, curiosity, and end-to-end execution.
• Access opportunities to develop expertise in AML, sanctions, transaction monitoring, and global banking operations.