EMEA Financial Crime Monitoring & Testing Manager

Airwallex; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, EMEA to shape and scale global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing. You will validate AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls across production environments and establish a data-driven monitoring framework with measurable metrics.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and regional leadership to ensure robust remediation and a defensible compliance posture for regulators and banking partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related quantitative/analytical discipline.
• CAMS certification or an ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (or equivalent professional credential).
• 7+ years of experience within FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or a related second/third-line control function inside a fintech, payments, or highly regulated banking environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of financial crime controls across transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, customer due diligence, and digital KYC/KYB workflows.
• Proven mastery of risk-based testing methodologies, including scoping, sampling, design and operating effectiveness assessments, issue writing, and remediation validation.
• A high-ownership, pragmatic approach, with excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills to challenge senior partners constructively and drive operational accountability.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the strategic development, execution, and continuous evolution of Airwallex's Global FCC Monitoring & Testing Programme, establishing robust, risk-based testing methodologies and annual plans for independent second-line assurance.
• Design comprehensive testing frameworks to validate core compliance controls across customer onboarding, periodic reviews, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting workflows, ensuring coverage keeps pace with product and market expansion.
• Oversee the ongoing FCC monitoring program for EMEA, including establishment of KPIs and operating effectiveness metrics.
• Advance the transition from traditional sample reviews toward continuous, data-enabled assurance by leveraging data analytics, system logs, and automated testing scripts to evaluate compliance control performance at the population level.
• Oversee the independent validation of system-encoded controls, including transaction monitoring thresholds, screening logic, and customer risk-rating models, ensuring systems function as intended without logic drift or hidden control gaps.
• Translate complex testing outcomes and thematic trends into clear, decision-useful reporting for executive leadership and governance forums, providing constructive challenge to stakeholders and tracking the root-cause remediation of control deficiencies.
• Represent the FCC monitoring and testing function during regulatory examinations, internal or external audits, and banking partner reviews, confidently defending testing methodologies and control evidence.

Skills

FCC experience

Technical controls

Risk-based testing

Ownership & communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance/Accounting/Law/IS/Business Administration)

CAMS/IFD Governance, Risk & Compliance

Tools

SQL

Python

BI dashboards

Automated testing tools

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, EMEA to shape and scale global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing. You will validate AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls across production environments and establish a data-driven monitoring framework with measurable metrics.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and regional leadership to ensure robust remediation and a defensible compliance posture for regulators and banking partners.