Airwallex

Head of Onboarding & FinCrime Operations

Who can apply: Only open to applicants in: California.
Location as listed by the employer: “US - California”
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About this role

Airwallex is hiring for a Head of Onboarding & FinCrime Operations role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Proven experience, including senior leadership in large-scale, multi-jurisdiction operations in a regulated financial-services or payments/fintech business
  • Deep knowledge of AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC, transaction monitoring and investigations processes and controls and how they map into first-line operations
  • Proven track record of scaling FinCrime and/or Onboarding Operations across multiple product lines and geographies, and of building globally consistent performance
  • Demonstrated delivery of automation/AI-led transformation in an operations setting (or clear strategic + technical fluency to lead it)
  • Strong commercial and analytical judgement — comfortable framing decisions in unit economics, scalability and return on investment
  • Track record of operating at the Operations–Product–Risk intersection and driving cross-functional outcomes without full reporting-line authority
  • Experience managing outsourced / BPO / offshore capacity at scale
  • Cross-border payments; multi-entity, multi-licence environments

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