Senior Complaints Specialist, EMEA

Airwallex; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is hiring for a senior complaints handler to own and resolve regulated complaints across EMEA, ensuring timely and accurate responses to the Financial Ombudsman Service. You will drive root cause analysis, work cross-functionally, and contribute to advancing AI-assisted complaint handling.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in regulated complaint environments, strong DISP knowledge, and excellent English communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience handling regulated complaints.
• Strong working knowledge of DISP and other relevant complaints-handling regulation.
• Experience preparing cases for, and liaising with, regulators such as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
• A track record of meeting productivity and quality targets in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage your caseload and meet daily targets while maintaining high standards.
• Meet regulatory timelines by managing your own schedule.
• Lead regulator escalations and prepare thorough case files for the Ombudsman.
• Own the regulator relationship as the day-to-day contact with the Ombudsman.
• Lead monthly EMEA complaints reviews and identify trends and priorities across the region.
• Drive root cause analysis with cross-functionally to fix issues and implement long-term fixes.
• Help build our complaints AI capability to handle increasing volumes more efficiently.

Skills

Complaint handling

Regulatory knowledge

Liaising with regulators

Process improvement

English communication

Job description

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide - including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more - with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you're motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero-to-one ideas into real products, and you "get stuff done" end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you'll tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let's build what's next.

Who you are:

• You're a natural complaint handler – you take ownership of a steady caseload, resolve issues objectively and fairly, and can turn a messy, technical problem into a clear explanation for the customer. You also have extensive knowledge of UK regulations including DISP and the FOS complaints handling process.
• You're organised and deadline-driven – you manage your own schedule to make sure every case is resolved within the required legal timeframes, without needing to be chased.
• You're detail-orientated – you can prepare thorough case files, gather evidence, and represent Airwallex professionally in front of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
• You're ready to step up – you'll run our monthly complaints meetings and drive root cause analysis across EMEA.
• You're a great collaborator – you'll work closely with internal teams to fix the root cause of issues.
• You're ambitious – you're excited by the idea of shaping how we run complaints across EMEA as our first hire in the function, and by helping us build how we use AI to handle complaints at scale.

Responsibilities

• Manage your caseload: Take ownership of a steady stream of complaints, meeting daily targets while maintaining high standards.
• Meet regulatory timelines: Manage your own schedule to ensure every case is resolved within the required legal timeframes.
• Lead on regulator escalations: Manage cases that reach the Financial Ombudsman Service, preparing thorough case files, gathering evidence, and drafting Airwallex's final position.
• Own the regulator relationship: Act as the day-to-day point of contact with the Ombudsman, keeping our responses professional, timely and factual.
• Lead our EMEA complaints reviews: Run our monthly complaints meetings, bringing visibility to trends, volumes and priorities across the region.
• Drive root cause analysis: Work cross-functionally with internal teams to identify why issues occur, and lead the push for long-term fixes rather than one-off resolutions.
• Help build our complaints AI capability: As volumes grow, help shape how we use AI to handle complaints more efficiently at scale.

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years' experience handling regulated complaints, ideally within financial services.
• Strong working knowledge of DISP and other relevant complaints-handling regulation.
• Experience preparing cases for, and liaising with, regulators such as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
• A track record of meeting productivity and quality targets in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Experience driving root cause analysis or process improvement cross-functionally.
• Confidence using AI-driven tools to automate manual processes and improve efficiency.
• Fintech or payments experience is required.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don't regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.