Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, Japan

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles to see it in full.

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks.

Airwallex's (Senior) Compliance Manager, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, is a key member of our global compliance team, responsible for driving and embedding Airwallex’s compliance program. This role partners with internal teams to design, develop, implement and monitor screening and monitoring rules, and supports regulatory obligations for the Japan market. Reporting to the Regional Director of Financial Crime Compliance for Asia and MLRO, this role drives the development, launch, and management of key compliance programs.

This role is based in Japan.

• Own and develop the FCC compliance framework of Airwallex in Japan, building on the Airwallex global compliance framework
• Manage and set departmental and individual targets for the FCC Team
• Provide day-to-day management and execution of Airwallex’s AML regulatory interactions, examinations, and ad-hoc requests
• Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders, including regulators and financial partners
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective tactical, strategic, and updated anti-money laundering program
• Manage the day-to-day BAU tasks including enhanced due diligence (EDD) approvals, name screening alert escalations, and with filing Suspicious Matter Reports as necessary
• Provide advice and support to the Commercial and Operations team on various compliance matters
• Work closely with the Financial Partnership team to deal with any potential enquiries from external parties including banking partners and scheme partners
• Develop and manage a regular monitoring and reporting process to inform senior management, the audit committee and the board as necessary and required
• Design and execute reports to measure success and performance of AML Compliance initiatives, operations, critical metrics, and Key Risk Indicators
• Coordinate with various stakeholders to address issues raised in internal audit reports, self-assessments, compliance reviews, or regulatory examination
• Drive internal controls design and monitoring to support Compliance Operational policy and procedures

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

• A minimum of 8 years financial crimes compliance experience in a financial institution.
• Ability to multitask effortlessly and handle challenging priorities under deadlines
• Credible stakeholder engagement and management skills to align with our organisational values and behaviors
• Written and verbal fluency in both Japanese and English

• Understanding and knowledge in payment industry
• Experience as MLRO / Deputy MLRO
• Experience interacting with the Regulator
• Auditing background preferred

Airwallexは、グローバル企業向けの統合型決済・金融プラットフォームです。独自のインフラとソフトウェアを基盤に、世界250,000社以上の企業（Brex、Rippling、Navan、Qantas、SHEINなど）に対し、ビジネスアカウント、決済、支出管理、資金管理、さらには組み込み型金融（Embedded Finance）までをシームレスに提供しています。

Airwallexはオーストラリア・メルボルンで創業し、現在では世界27拠点、2,300名以上の優秀なメンバーが在籍しています。企業価値は110億米ドルを超え、T. Rowe Price、Visa、Mastercard、Sequoia Capital、Salesforce Venturesなど世界有数の投資家から支援を受けています。私たちは次世代のグローバル金融インフラを構築し、世界中の企業が国境を越えて成長できる未来を創っています。

インパクトの大きな仕事に挑戦したい方、急速な成長環境で学び続けたい方、そして高いオーナーシップを持って成果を追求できる方が活躍できる環境です。

論理的思考力と専門性を持ちながらも、謙虚で協調性があり、ゼロからイチを生み出し、最後までやり遂げる力を重視しています。また、AIを積極的に活用し、よりスマートに課題解決できることも歓迎します。

AirwallexのLegal, Risk & Compliance（LRC）チームは、法務・リスク管理・コンプライアンス領域の専門家で構成されるグローバルチームです。

私たちは、Airwallexの事業運営を保護し、コンプライアンスと高い倫理観を企業文化として推進するとともに、グローバルな金融環境において健全かつ持続的な成長を実現することをミッションとしています。

各ビジネスチームに対して専門的なガイダンスとサポートを提供し、法務・規制・金融リスクを事前に特定、評価、管理することで、事業成長を支える重要な役割を担っています。

(Senior) Compliance Manager, Money Laundering Reporting Officer（MLRO）は、Airwallexのグローバルコンプライアンスチームにおける重要なポジションです。

本ポジションでは、日本市場における金融犯罪コンプライアンス（Financial Crime Compliance / FCC）プログラムの構築・運営・高度化をリードしていただきます。

社内各チームと連携しながら、顧客スクリーニングやモニタリングルールの設計・導入・改善を推進するとともに、日本におけるAML（マネーロンダリング対策）関連の規制要件への対応を担っていただきます。

Asia Regional Director, Financial Crime Compliance & MLROへレポートし、日本市場における主要なコンプライアンスプログラムの企画、導入、運営を推進する役割です。

• Airwallexグローバルコンプライアンスフレームワークを基盤に、日本市場における金融犯罪コンプライアンス（FCC）体制の構築・運営・改善をリードする
• FCCチームの目標設定、業務管理、チームメンバーの育成を行う
• AML関連の規制当局対応、検査対応、各種問い合わせ対応を日常的に管理・推進する
• 規制当局