EMEA Financial Crime Monitoring & Testing Manager

Airwallex-; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing (EMEA) to shape Airwallex's global financial crime monitoring framework. You will validate AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls across production environments, establish KPIs, and drive data-enabled assurance with analytics and automated testing.

Based in London or Amsterdam, you will partner with Product, Engineering, and regional leadership to turn testing insights into actionable remediation and robust regulatory readiness for global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related quantitative/analytical field.
• CAMS certification or ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (or equivalent).
• 7+ years of experience in FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or related control functions in fintech/payments/banking.
• Strong technical knowledge of financial crime controls across transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, due diligence, and KYC/KYB workflows.
• Proven mastery of risk-based testing methodologies, including scoping, sampling, design and operating effectiveness assessments, and remediation validation.
• High ownership with strong written communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to strategic development and annual plans for independent second-line assurance.
• Design testing frameworks validating compliance controls across onboarding, reviews, screening, monitoring, and reporting workflows.
• Oversee the FCC monitoring program for EMEA with KPIs and effectiveness metrics.
• Move from sample reviews toward continuous, data-enabled assurance using analytics and automated scripts.
• Validate system-encoded controls ensuring no logic drift or gaps.
• Translate testing outcomes into clear reporting for leadership and governance.
• Represent the FCC monitoring function during regulatory examinations and audits.

Skills

Finance controls knowledge

Regulatory testing

Communication

Stakeholder management

Data-driven testing

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration

MBA or regulatory risk Master’s (preferred)

Tools

SQL

Python

BI dashboards

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing (EMEA) to shape Airwallex's global financial crime monitoring framework. You will validate AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls across production environments, establish KPIs, and drive data-enabled assurance with analytics and automated testing.

Based in London or Amsterdam, you will partner with Product, Engineering, and regional leadership to turn testing insights into actionable remediation and robust regulatory readiness for global