Senior Manager, Financial Crime Investigations

Financeroles; Texas; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a senior AML investigator to lead complex anti-money laundering cases within its global financial infrastructure. You’ll own end-to-end investigations across cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts, and related high-risk scenarios, delivering evidence-based findings to MLROs and shaping screening rules and detection models.

You will collaborate with Fraud, Legal, Data, and Engineering teams to strengthen controls, respond to regulatory inquiries, and maintain high

Qualifications

• 8+ years of AML/CFT investigations or related financial crime roles across cross-border payments or fintech.
• Strong understanding of AML/CTF frameworks and sanctions regimes.
• Proven ability to document investigations with findings, risk recommendations and regulatory reporting support.
• Excellent written narratives for SAR/STR filings and clear communication to non-compliance stakeholders.
• Comfort in high-growth fintech environments with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end investigations of complex cross-border payments and related financial crime risk.
• Oversee case intake, triage, prioritization, and assignment; provide analysis and escalation support.
• Investigate fraud, insider threats, and other conduct with financial-crime nexus; collaborate with Legal, Fraud, Security and HR.
• Analyze multi-jurisdictional transactions to trace illicit funds and identify beneficial owners.
• Translate findings into improvements for monitoring rules, models, and playbooks.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Data, and Engineering to address systemic threats and audits.

Skills

AML investigations

Cross-border payments

Regulatory reporting

SAR/STR drafting

Analytical mindset

Written communication

Fintech environment

Education

CAMS

CFE

ICA diploma

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Network analysis tools

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a senior AML investigator to lead complex anti-money laundering cases within its global financial infrastructure. You’ll own end-to-end investigations across cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts, and related high-risk scenarios, delivering evidence-based findings to MLROs and shaping screening rules and detection models.

You will collaborate with Fraud, Legal, Data, and Engineering teams to strengthen controls, respond to regulatory inquiries, and maintain high