Senior Manager, FCC Operations (Fintech)

Location: Remote, based in Dallas, Texas, United States

Salary: $128K–$210K annually, plus equity and bonus

Company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system and regulated global payments infrastructure company serving businesses across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

What you will do

• Lead and develop Financial Crime Compliance Level 3 analysts, setting standards for case quality, timely resolution, and process governance.
• Review and resolve complex risk-based cases escalated from first- and second-line operations across KYC, enhanced due diligence, name screening, and transaction monitoring.
• Assess customer profiles, ownership and control structures, business activities, transaction patterns, counterparties, and supporting information.
• Conduct internal and external research, document investigative rationale and evidence, and define follow-up actions.
• Identify financial-crime risks, recurring themes, sanctions matches, and suspicious activity concerns; escalate higher-risk cases through appropriate channels.
• Partner with Operations and Compliance stakeholders, maintain accurate case records, apply global and local policies, and monitor regulatory developments.

Requirements

• A degree or at least eight years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance.
• Professional experience in an AML/CTF or fraud investigations role.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills, including the ability to assess complex information and reach well-reasoned conclusions.
• Solid understanding of financial-crime risks, typologies, and risk-based review practices.
• Sound judgment, ownership, independence, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Experience overseeing, mentoring, or training analysts, with a focus on high-quality case resolution and process governance.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech or a start-up environment.
• Experience reviewing complex cases across KYC, enhanced due diligence, name screening, and transaction monitoring.
• Experience conducting internal and external research and documenting investigative rationale, supporting evidence, and follow-up actions.
• Experience working across global and local Financial Crime Compliance policies and regulatory requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work based in Dallas, Texas.
• Work in a compliance-heavy, high-stakes financial environment focused on operational resilience and scalable global controls.
• Culture emphasizes ownership, independent decision-making, proactive communication, and acting with incomplete information.
• Compensation includes equity and bonus in addition to the stated salary.

Hiring process

• Apply only through careers.airwallex.com or Airwallex's official LinkedIn page.
• Official recruitment communication comes from an @airwallex.com email address; Airwallex does not request bank details, sensitive identification numbers, or payment.
• Unsolicited resumes from search firms or recruiters are not accepted unless an agreement exists for the specific position.