Airwallex

1 month ago

Compliance Manager & Deputy MLRO, HK

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Job Summary

Senior member of the Hong Kong Financial Crime Compliance team overseeing AML/CTF programs, policy development, STR reporting, and continuous improvement of FCC processes. Partners cross-functionally with Product, Commercial, Operations, Data, Legal and global FCC to balance regulatory controls with scalable growth. Based in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, focusing on policies, investigations, STRs, and governance.

Location: Hong Kong

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and maintain Hong Kong FCC policies, standards and procedures (e.g. KYC/OCDD, EDD, name‑screening, transaction monitoring, STR reporting) and uplift the local AML/CTF program.
•Provide senior oversight of financial crime investigations arising from monitoring alerts, name-screening hits, referrals and external requests with robust documentation and escalation decisions.
•Review and approve Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and lead uplift of STR processes including SLAs, workflows and QA.
•Lead or support cross‑division work on high‑risk customers and complex deals, providing risk-based FCC advice to various functions and ensuring controls meet regulatory and banking partner expectations.
•Partner with Product, Data and Operations to enhance transaction‑monitoring and name‑screening controls and remediate issues identified through audits and reviews.

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Finance, Business or a related field.
•7+ years of financial crime compliance experience in a financial institution or payment services/fintech environment.
•In‑depth familiarity with Hong Kong AML/CTF laws, rules and regulatory guidance.
•Hands‑on experience with suspicious transaction investigation and STR filing or other cross‑border reporting.
•Working understanding of Hong Kong and China specific KYC/CDD and STR regulatory expectations.

Experience:7+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial crime

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Stakeholder managementAnalytical thinkingCommunicationProblem-solvingAttention to detail

Certifications:CAMSICAACAMSAAMLP/CAMLP

Tech Stack:AITransaction monitoringName-screeningSTR reporting

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

Glassdoor: 3.7

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Airwallex

1 month ago

Compliance Manager & Deputy MLRO, HK

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 5 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Hong Kong

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and maintain Hong Kong FCC policies, standards and procedures (e.g. KYC/OCDD, EDD, name‑screening, transaction monitoring, STR reporting) and uplift the local AML/CTF program.
•Provide senior oversight of financial crime investigations arising from monitoring alerts, name-screening hits, referrals and external requests with robust documentation and escalation decisions.
•Review and approve Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and lead uplift of STR processes including SLAs, workflows and QA.
•Lead or support cross‑division work on high‑risk customers and complex deals, providing risk-based FCC advice to various functions and ensuring controls meet regulatory and banking partner expectations.
•Partner with Product, Data and Operations to enhance transaction‑monitoring and name‑screening controls and remediate issues identified through audits and reviews.

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Finance, Business or a related field.
•7+ years of financial crime compliance experience in a financial institution or payment services/fintech environment.
•In‑depth familiarity with Hong Kong AML/CTF laws, rules and regulatory guidance.
•Hands‑on experience with suspicious transaction investigation and STR filing or other cross‑border reporting.
•Working understanding of Hong Kong and China specific KYC/CDD and STR regulatory expectations.

Experience:7+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial crime

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Stakeholder managementAnalytical thinkingCommunicationProblem-solvingAttention to detail

Certifications:CAMSICAACAMSAAMLP/CAMLP

Tech Stack:AITransaction monitoringName-screeningSTR reporting

Company Brief

Airwallex

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

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor