Compliance Manager, MLRO

Airwallex
Barcelona
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Regulatory judgment","Operational judgment","Compliance decision-making","Collaboration"]

Lead Airwallex’s Spanish Branch Office compliance as MLRO and designated representative to SEPBLAC. Oversee AML/CTF and sanctions compliance under Ley 10/2010 and RD 304/2014, including suspicious activity escalation and STR reporting. Provide regulatory guidance to Spanish commercial teams, maintain local policies, governance, and risk assessment, and coordinate with regulators, audits, and remediation for ongoing branch readiness in Spain and Southern Europe.

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Compliance Manager, MLRO

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Job Summary

Lead Airwallex’s Spanish Branch Office compliance as MLRO and designated representative to SEPBLAC. Oversee AML/CTF and sanctions compliance under Ley 10/2010 and RD 304/2014, including suspicious activity escalation and STR reporting. Provide regulatory guidance to Spanish commercial teams, maintain local policies, governance, and risk assessment, and coordinate with regulators, audits, and remediation for ongoing branch readiness in Spain and Southern Europe.
Location: Barcelona
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the designated MLRO and Representante ante el SEPBLAC for the Spanish Branch, fulfilling local AML/CTF obligations under Ley 10/2010 and RD 304/2014.
  • •Act as primary local contact for SEPBLAC and Banco de España on supervisory matters, regulatory notifications, correspondence, and inspections.
  • •Maintain ongoing FCC oversight of the Spanish Branch, ensuring activities stay within the approved perimeter and align to Airwallex NL permissions and regulatory requirements.
  • •Oversee identification, escalation, assessment, and reporting of suspicious activity to SEPBLAC via its secure reporting platform, including MLRO review and decision-making input.
  • •Provide regular compliance MI and governance reporting to Airwallex NL senior management and Group Risk Committees, maintain the formal risk assessment, and coordinate responses to supervisory enquiries, audits, and AML reviews with remediation actions.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, including experience as an MLRO or Representante ante el SEPBLAC within a regulated financial institution, payment institution, or fintech operating in Spain or the broader EU/EEA market.
  • •Sound knowledge of Spanish AML/CTF obligations under Ley 10/2010 and RD 304/2014, including SEPBLAC’s FIU/supervisory role and the Órgano de Control Interno (OCI) framework.
  • •Prior experience interacting with SEPBLAC and/or Banco de España (e.g., branch notifications, STR filings, regulatory correspondence, supervisory inspections).
  • •Demonstrated ability to manage suspicious activity escalations, oversee STR filings via SEPBLAC’s secure reporting platform, and make timely compliance decisions in a fast-paced commercial environment.
  • •Business-level proficiency in both Spanish and English, including drafting compliance documentation and conducting regulatory correspondence in Spanish.
Experience:5+ yearsFinancial crime complianceAML/CTFFintechPaymentsE-moneyEU/EEA
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Stakeholder managementRegulatory judgmentOperational judgmentCompliance decision-makingCollaboration
Certifications:CAMSICA DiplomaCGSS
Languages:SpanishEnglish

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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