Manager, EMEA FCC Monitoring & Testing

About the role

Airwallex's Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team acts as the independent second line of defence, owning the global AML/CTF programme, sanctions framework, risk assessment methodology and governance infrastructure. As Manager, EMEA FCC Monitoring & Testing, you will shape and scale the global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing framework, validating the design and operating effectiveness of AML, Sanctions and KYC/KYB controls across all production environments. The role covers the EMEA region and is based remotely in Birmingham.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the Global FCC Monitoring & Testing Programme, setting risk-based testing methodologies and annual plans for independent second-line assurance.
• Design testing frameworks covering customer onboarding, periodic reviews, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and regulatory reporting.
• Oversee the EMEA monitoring programme, including KPIs and operating effectiveness metrics.
• Promote continuous, data-enabled assurance using data analytics, system logs and automated testing scripts.
• Validate system-encoded controls such as transaction monitoring thresholds, screening logic and customer risk-rating models.
• Report testing outcomes and trends to executive leadership and governance, and track remediation of control deficiencies.
• Represent the function during regulatory examinations, internal and external audits and banking partner reviews.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related quantitative/analytical discipline.
• CAMS certification or an ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance (or equivalent).
• 7+ years in FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit or a related second/third-line control function in fintech, payments or highly regulated banking.
• Preferred: advanced degree (e.g. MBA, Master's in Regulatory Compliance or Risk Management) and certifications such as CAMS-Audit, CISA or CIA.

Required skills

• Strong technical knowledge of financial crime controls: transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, customer due diligence and digital KYC/KYB.
• Risk-based testing: scoping, sampling, design and operating effectiveness assessments, issue writing and remediation validation.
• Preferred: SQL, Python, BI dashboards and experience partnering with Product, Data Science and Engineering teams.