Manager, Credit Risk Operations

Airwallex
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 130,000 - 160,000 annuallyFunction: Banking, Lending & CreditSkills: ["Analytical skills","Quantitative skills","Communication","Ownership mindset","Attention to detail"]

Own and manage global credit risk exposure across Airwallex’s payment products. Assess merchants across acceptance channels, drive KYB processes, and define/monitor credit risk KPIs. Build and iterate SOPs for vetting, investigation, and monitoring, plus develop reporting dashboards for global visibility. Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Legal, Compliance, and Transaction Risk to balance commercial growth with robust risk mitigation.

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Airwallex
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Manager, Credit Risk Operations

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Job Summary

Own and manage global credit risk exposure across Airwallex’s payment products. Assess merchants across acceptance channels, drive KYB processes, and define/monitor credit risk KPIs. Build and iterate SOPs for vetting, investigation, and monitoring, plus develop reporting dashboards for global visibility. Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Legal, Compliance, and Transaction Risk to balance commercial growth with robust risk mitigation.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Banking, Lending & Credit
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage Airwallex’s credit risk exposure across all product offerings.
  • •Evaluate credit risk across payment acceptance channels (cards, bank payments, local payment methods).
  • •Drive KYB processes and maintain a diversified, high-quality merchant portfolio.
  • •Define, monitor, and deliver against global credit risk performance KPIs.
  • •Build credit risk SOPs and develop structured reporting/dashboards; partner with Legal, Compliance, Transaction Risk, and Business Development to balance growth with risk mitigation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 130,000 - 160,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Strong analytical and quantitative skills with experience assessing counterparty/merchant credit risk.
  • •In-depth credit fundamentals, including financial statement analysis, cash flow assessment, collateral structures, and exposure management.
  • •Hands-on experience with ongoing credit monitoring, limit setting, and early warning frameworks for merchant portfolios.
  • •Strong grasp of payment flows, including how settlement timing, reserves, and chargebacks impact credit exposure.
  • •Ability to identify and escalate emerging credit risks across payment products and geographies; excellent written and verbal communication.
Experience:FintechPaymentsFinancial institutions
Skills:Analytical skillsQuantitative skillsCommunicationOwnership mindsetAttention to detail
Tech Stack:SQL

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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