Global Lead, Business Control (Commercial Function)

Airwallex
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 200,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentExperience: 10-12 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Collaboration","Analytical thinking","Influencing"]

Lead the first line commercial risk function for Airwallex, defining the risk strategy and supportability frameworks, bridging between commercial teams and risk functions. Manage deal reviews, portfolio monitoring, and incident governance, with hands-on guidance to unlock revenue while keeping risk in check. Based in San Francisco or Singapore, reporting to the CRO.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
2 months ago

Global Lead, Business Control (Commercial Function)

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Job Summary

Lead the first line commercial risk function for Airwallex, defining the risk strategy and supportability frameworks, bridging between commercial teams and risk functions. Manage deal reviews, portfolio monitoring, and incident governance, with hands-on guidance to unlock revenue while keeping risk in check. Based in San Francisco or Singapore, reporting to the CRO.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and manage the 1st LoD commercial risk strategy and supportability frameworks, serving as the primary checkpoint and providing guidance for complex or high-risk merchant use cases to unlock revenue and sign off on deal documentation before 2nd line escalation.
  • •Translate complex 2nd line risk appetite and policies into clear, actionable commercial playbooks and embed risk ownership into daily operations by participating in major deal reviews, pipeline calls, and quarterly business reviews.
  • •Partner with enablement teams to design practical training and tools for front-office staff and act as the primary accountability for commercial conduct risk, redesigning incentive structures with Revenue Operations.
  • •Design and execute a continuous portfolio monitoring framework with Data and Regional RevOps teams, tracking KPIs like GP-to-risk ratios, customer risk tiers, and fraud/loss rates to mitigate risks.
  • •Lead post-mortems on commercial-induced incidents, drive root-cause analysis and remediation, and enforce 2nd line decisions while representing the commercial risk perspective in governance, regulatory, and audit contexts.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10–12 years of risk management experience within financial services, with significant time spent in 1st line or business-aligned roles directly interfacing with front-office or Sales teams.
Experience:10-12 yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial services
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipCollaborationAnalytical thinkingInfluencing

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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