Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Revamp and enhance Airwallex’s FCC monitoring and testing strategy throughout the Americas.

• Develop and implement a regional assurance plan encompassing the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.

• Align assurance planning with local risk evaluations, products, entities, and regulatory standards.

• Create a mapping of the control inventory to regional risk assessments.

• Detect gaps in testing coverage based on entity and product.

• Prepare the annual testing plan in accordance with state examination cycles.

• Leverage data analytics and AI to render monitoring and testing more proactive, efficient, and auditable.

• Clearly document methodologies, evidence, and conclusions.

• Collaborate with local and regional MLROs, FCC Operations, Product teams, the VP of FCC, regulators, banking partners, and senior leadership.

• Evaluate control effectiveness and facilitate expansion into new products, regions, customer segments, and licensing requirements.

• Build effective relationships within a new global function and work independently across various time zones.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of global AML and Sanctions frameworks, along with regulatory expectations in the US regions.

• Demonstrated experience in program monitoring and testing, showing improvement in the effectiveness of a financial crime compliance program.

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities, engaging effectively with senior executives, regulators, and global business leaders on complex financial crime risk issues.

• Background in a second-line financial crime compliance, risk, or assurance function.

• Ability to operate independently and utilize sound judgment in assessing program effectiveness.

• Strong grasp of sanctions oversight and its significance within an FCC Program.

• Capability to work autonomously, manage workloads, and produce high-quality, well-documented work across various jurisdictions and time zones.

• Familiarity with data analytics, automation, or AI-driven methodologies to enhance monitoring, testing, or assurance processes.

• Preferred: Experience supporting or working with Group MLRO, Regional MLRO, or Country MLRO functions, including governance committees, regulatory engagements, and risk oversight activities.

• Preferred: Experience in risk and controls.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity

• $20K–$30K bonus

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Short-term disability

• Long-term disability

• Basic life insurance

• Well-being benefits

• 20 paid days of vacation for US-based employees

• 12 paid days of company holidays for US-based employees

• Statutory minimum paid annual leave and public holidays

• Additional company-provided vacation days in several locations