Senior Associate, FCC Monitoring & Testing – ANZ

Airwallex; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Associate, FCC Monitoring & Testing, ANZ, to scale our global financial crime program. You will validate AML, sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls, and establish a rigorous, data-driven second-line assurance framework across production environments.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and regional leadership to drive remediation, governance, and regulator-ready reporting while supporting global compliance strategy from Australia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, or a related quantitative/analytical field.
• CAMS certification or ICA Diploma (or equivalent).
• 5+ years in FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or a related function in fintech/payments.
• Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, CDD/KYC/KYB workflows.
• Proven mastery of risk-based testing methodologies, scoping, design, and remediation validation.
• Excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Airwallex's FCC monitoring and testing framework for second-line assurance.
• Design testing frameworks for onboarding, reviews, screening, monitoring, and regulatory reporting.
• Manage KPIs and effectiveness metrics for ANZ FCC monitoring.
• Advance data-enabled assurance using analytics, logs, and automated tests.
• Validate system-encoded controls and ensure no logic drift or gaps.
• Translate findings into clear, actionable reporting for leadership and governance.
• Represent FCC testing in regulatory examinations and partner reviews.

Skills

Risk-based testing

Stakeholder mgmt

AML/KYC/regulatory

Data analytics

Documentation/reporting

Auditing/QA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Law/IS/Business

CAMS or ICA Diploma

MBA or related masters (preferred)

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Associate, FCC Monitoring & Testing, ANZ, to scale our global financial crime program. You will validate AML, sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls, and establish a rigorous, data-driven second-line assurance framework across production environments.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and regional leadership to drive remediation, governance, and regulator-ready reporting while supporting global compliance strategy from Australia.