Transaction Monitoring Senior Analyst (Fintech)

Location: Shanghai or Guangzhou, China

Company

Airwallex provides integrated payments, business accounts, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance solutions for global businesses.

What you will do

• Conduct daily transaction monitoring and clear or escalate alerts in the case management system.
• Handle inquiries about suspicious transactions from banking partners and law enforcement.
• Analyze suspicious clients and prepare Suspicious Transaction Reports for regulatory agencies.
• Participate in AML projects and initiatives focused on operational excellence and efficiency.
• Track AML and sanctions regulatory developments and help develop internal expertise and knowledge resources.
• Support other transaction monitoring operations assigned by the Financial Crime Operations Manager.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant AML and sanctions experience in public accounting, litigation or disputes consulting, financial services, or a regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, risk-based compliance, risk management, and financial crime compliance.
• Strong analytical, judgment, attention-to-detail, time management, and teamwork skills.
• Experience reviewing data and situations, resolving issues efficiently, and representing Compliance in group projects.
• Excellent spoken and written Mandarin and English required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Experience with regulatory and OFAC risk assessments, KYC or CDD process improvement, and policy and procedure development.
• Hands-on experience with sanctions lists, STR writing and review, alert clearing, investigations, AML typology analysis, and vendor KYC solutions.
• Experience with transaction monitoring, case management, sanctions compliance, internet financing or payment companies, or investment banking.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a global financial technology company serving more than 250,000 businesses.
• Join a distributed organization with more than 2,300 employees across 27 offices.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment emphasizing ownership, collaboration, curiosity, sound judgment, and end-to-end execution.
• Work on complex, high-visibility problems in global payments and financial infrastructure.