Senior Total Rewards Partner (Fintech)

Location: San Francisco, United States

Salary: $145,000–$210,000 annual base salary, plus equity and bonus eligibility.

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

• Design and execute compensation strategies, including salary structures, pay differentials, market positioning, merit cycles, bonus cycles, and offer decisions.
• Own the benefits lifecycle across the Americas, including plan design, renewals, and broker negotiations.
• Manage equity programs and stock-plan administration, compliance, and governance with the global Total Rewards team.
• Lead global and Americas Total Rewards initiatives using market data, benchmarking, models, and projections.
• Partner on IPO-readiness initiatives and collaborate with Talent Acquisition, People Partners, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, and benefits, supporting Americas and global populations.
• Experience building or managing complete rewards programs covering compensation, benefits, and equity.
• End-to-end benefits management experience, including broker and insurance-carrier negotiations.
• Strong compensation data analytics skills and experience leading annual market review cycles.
• Working knowledge of US stock administration and equity compensation, including RSUs and vesting mechanics.
• Experience at a late-stage private or pre-IPO company, or through a transition to public-company stages.

Nice to have

• Experience with multi-region rewards programs and global teams operating across time zones.
• Familiarity with Carta, BambooHR, Workday, Radford, or Compensia.
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with evolving priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as part of a small global Total Rewards team with colleagues in Singapore and China.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, ownership, and inclusive growth.
• US-based employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, disability coverage, life insurance, and well-being benefits.
• US-based employees receive 20 paid vacation days and 12 company holidays annually.
• Additional compensation may include annual bonuses and RSUs.