APAC Sanctions Strategy & Compliance Lead

Airwallex; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking highly skilled Sanctions Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to join our 2LoD Financial Crime Compliance team. You will act as the regional escalation point for L3 sanctions alerts across APAC, advising on complex matches and driving investigations and reporting obligations.

This role requires translating regional regulatory changes into scalable controls and collaborating with global teams to optimize screening technologies and processes.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant experience, preferably at a fintech, payments company, or large financial institution specializing in sanctions.
• Experience managing sanctions alerts at the L3 level, recommending blocking/freezing transactions, assessing licenses.
• History of evaluating sanctions frameworks and scaling programs.
• Understanding in-region sanctions regulations; US sanctions knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as in-region SME and second-line escalation point for complex sanctions matches and investigations.
• Own L3 sanctions case investigation and regional decisioning, including reporting obligations.
• Provide practical, timely sanctions advice on cross-border flows, jurisdictional risks, and new product expansions.
• Maintain regional sanctions procedures and oversee controls implemented by first-line teams.
• Liaise with global teams to feedback on controls and screening technologies.
• Monitor sanctions developments and assess impact on customers and geographies.
• Develop and deliver sanctions risk training for L2 reviewers, KYC, and operations.
• Lead responses to banking partners and external stakeholders on sanctions inquiries.

Skills

Sanctions knowledge

L3 investigations

Regulatory reporting

Cross-border payments

Job description

Airwallex is seeking highly skilled Sanctions Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to join our 2LoD Financial Crime Compliance team. You will act as the regional escalation point for L3 sanctions alerts across APAC, advising on complex matches and driving investigations and reporting obligations.

This role requires translating regional regulatory changes into scalable controls and collaborating with global teams to optimize screening technologies and processes.