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Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform serving over 250,000 global businesses. The Legal, Risk & Compliance team safeguards operations and ensures regulatory adherence across 27 offices worldwide.
As Senior Compliance Manager and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Korea, you will lead Airwallex's financial crimes compliance program in the region. Reporting to the Regional Director of Financial Crime Compliance for Asia, you own the development and implementation of the FCC compliance framework tailored to the Korean market while building on global standards.
Key responsibilities include: designing and maintaining an effective anti-money laundering program; managing day-to-day AML regulatory interactions, examinations, and ad-hoc requests; overseeing enhanced due diligence approvals and suspicious activity reporting; representing Airwallex with regulators and financial partners; setting departmental targets and managing the FCC team; developing monitoring and reporting processes for senior management and the board; designing KRIs and performance metrics; coordinating with stakeholders on audit findings and regulatory examination responses; and driving internal controls design.
You will advise Commercial and Operations teams on compliance matters, work with the Financial Partnership team on external inquiries from banking and scheme partners, and ensure Airwallex maintains a robust compliance posture in a complex regulatory environment.
Minimum qualifications: 8+ years financial crimes compliance experience in a financial institution; ability to multitask under pressure; strong stakeholder engagement skills; fluency in Korean and English (written and verbal).
Preferred: payments industry knowledge, prior MLRO/Deputy MLRO experience, regulator interaction experience, auditing background.
