Safeguarding Manager, Treasury

Airwallex
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["SQL","Excel","BI tools","Data analysis","Stakeholder management"]

Managing UK safeguarding requirements for a fintech treasury platform, designing and operating safeguarding frameworks, and driving cross-functional delivery of safeguarding controls and reconciliation tooling. You’ll partner with Compliance, Legal, Product, Engineering and Treasury to translate regulatory obligations into scalable systems, deliver audits/readiness, and provide governance insights for risk management and scalable growth.

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Airwallex
4 months ago

Safeguarding Manager, Treasury

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Job Summary

Managing UK safeguarding requirements for a fintech treasury platform, designing and operating safeguarding frameworks, and driving cross-functional delivery of safeguarding controls and reconciliation tooling. You’ll partner with Compliance, Legal, Product, Engineering and Treasury to translate regulatory obligations into scalable systems, deliver audits/readiness, and provide governance insights for risk management and scalable growth.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deep expertise in UK safeguarding requirements under the EMRs 2011 and PSRs 2017, including FCA guidance (Chapter 10 safeguarding expectations, notification/approval for changes in safeguarding method).
  • •Proven experience designing, documenting, and operating safeguarding frameworks for EMIs/PSPs, including policies, SOPs, fund-flow diagrams, and calculation logic for relevant funds (e-money and intragroup payment services).
  • •Daily safeguarding operations: segregation of client funds, safeguarding calculations, reconciliation of balances, incident classification and reporting, and interaction with safeguarding banks/custodians.
  • •Partner cross-functionally (Regulatory Compliance, Legal, Treasury, Product, Engineering, Financial Operations) to translate regulatory obligations into scalable system requirements, dashboards, and automated workflows.
  • •Experience preparing for and responding to external safeguarding audits and regulatory reviews, including evidence gathering, remediation plans, and governance/MI to Boards and senior management.

Key Requirements

  • •Professional experience in safeguarding, client money, or prudential/conduct regulation within an EMI, PSP, bank, or fintech environment;
  • •Strong working knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks, governance, MI, and incident reporting;
  • •Background in Finance, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, or Financial Operations, ideally with a degree in Finance, Economics, Law, Accounting or a related discipline;
  • •Demonstrable experience designing and operating controls: daily safeguarding calculations, reconciliations, incident management, documentation (policies/SOPs), and interaction with safeguarding banks/custodians;
  • •Proven ability to work with complex data sets and financial systems (SQL/Excel/BI tools); translate findings into actionable recommendations;
Experience:FintechPaymentsTreasury
Skills:SQLExcelBI toolsData analysisStakeholder management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLExcelBI tools

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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