Senior Associate, EMEA FCC Monitoring, Testing

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

📋 Description

• Design and enhance Airwallex’s global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing framework.

• Conduct independent validation of the design and operational effectiveness of AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls within production environments.

• Create monitoring frameworks, KPIs, and metrics for operating effectiveness specifically for the EMEA region.

• Play a key role in the strategic development, execution, and ongoing evolution of the Global FCC Monitoring & Testing Programme.

• Formulate risk-based testing methodologies and annual plans for independent second-line assurance.

• Develop testing frameworks that encompass customer onboarding, periodic reviews, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting processes.

• Promote continuous, data-driven assurance through the use of data analytics, system logs, and automated testing scripts.

• Validate controls that are system-encoded, including transaction monitoring thresholds, screening logic, and customer risk-rating models.

• Present testing results and thematic trends to executive leadership and governance committees.

• Monitor the remediation of root causes for control deficiencies.

• Act as a representative for FCC monitoring and testing during regulatory examinations, internal or external audits, and reviews with banking partners.

• Collaborate with FCC, Product, Engineering, Operations, and regional leadership teams across various regions.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related quantitative/analytical field.

• CAMS certification or an ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (or an equivalent professional qualification).

• Over 7 years of experience in FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or a similar second/third-line control function in a fintech, payments, or highly regulated banking setting.

• In-depth technical knowledge of financial crime controls, particularly in transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, customer due diligence, and digital KYC/KYB workflows.

• Demonstrated expertise in risk-based testing methodologies, including scoping, sampling, design and operational effectiveness assessments, issue documentation, and remediation validation.

• Significant experience in fintech and platforms, especially in cloud-native, API-driven, rapidly growing global environments with substantial cross-border transaction volumes.

• Strong data literacy, with proficiency in SQL, Python, BI dashboards, or automated tools for ongoing control validation and population-based testing.

• Experience working directly with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to validate automated rules, model-driven controls, and fast-paced deployments within an agile product lifecycle.

• Exceptional written communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Preferred: An advanced degree such as an MBA or a Master’s in Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, or a relevant discipline.

• Preferred: Professional assurance or audit certifications like CAMS-Audit, CISA, or CIA.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Availability of disability or special-needs accommodations.

• Professional development opportunities are not explicitly mentioned.

• No information provided regarding bonus, equity, insurance, retirement, or paid time off benefits.