Global Credit Risk Leader — Second-Line Oversight

Academic Key; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Manager, Credit Risk based in London to lead the company’s global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk. You will define risk guardrails, govern exposures across merchant acquiring, settlement, and banking-partner activities, and challenge first-line decisions as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Finance to assess risk in new products and markets while maintaining risk appetite and governance

Qualifikationen

• Role requires analytical mindset and commercially minded risk leadership.
• Ability to define and implement second-line risk frameworks.
• Strong governance, policy development, and escalation experience.

Aufgaben

• Define, implement, and continuously enhance the global second-line credit risk framework, including policies, risk appetite thresholds, limits, escalation protocols, and governance standards.
• Oversee credit exposures across merchant acquiring, charge cards, FX pre-funding, treasury-related exposures, settlement flows, and other products.
• Review and challenge first-line underwriting strategies, customer and merchant risk policies, credit assessments, limit-setting methodologies, and exception processes.
• Establish and monitor FX risk guardrails for multi-currency activities; ensure exposures stay within tolerances.
• Set and oversee counterparty risk standards for banking partners, merchants, customers and other counterparties.
• Lead proactive monitoring of credit, FX, and counterparty portfolios; identify trends and escalate material issues.
• Review loss mitigation and remediation strategies; address deteriorating counterparties promptly.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Treasury, Finance, and Operations on risk design for new products and markets.
• Lead or support risk committee decisions, approvals, and remediation plans; ensure proper documentation.
• Represent Credit Risk during regulatory examinations and audits.

Jobbeschreibung

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Manager, Credit Risk based in London to lead the company’s global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk. You will define risk guardrails, govern exposures across merchant acquiring, settlement, and banking-partner activities, and challenge first-line decisions as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Finance to assess risk in new products and markets while maintaining risk appetite and governance