Senior Associate, Financial Investigation - Financial Intelligence Unit
Airwallex
Senior Associate, Financial Investigation - Financial Intelligence Unit
Salary Not Specified
Airwallex, City of Westminster
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 30 Jun | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- Conduct investigations across all financial crimes risks areas, including AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud, proliferation financing, and export control circumvention
- Draft regulatory reports related to those investigations
- Review activities and customers to identify exposure to emerging risks and typologies
- Propose solutions to mitigate financial crimes risk both across the program and on an individual case basis
- Coordinate efforts across regions on cases with cross-border exposure
- Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate complex high-risk cases for which the correct decisions are not immediately clear
- Present investigative findings, coherent risk analyses to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Effectively and clearly communicate with internal stakeholders and financial partners
- Any ad hoc tasks in relation financial crime compliance and investigations
We are seeking a Senior Associate, Financial Investigation with proficiency in English and Chinese to join the FIU team and assist with Airwallex's financial crimes reviews. The Senior Associate will be responsible for conducting in-depth investigation covering various financial crimes risk areas, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorism Financing, fraud, sanctions, and export control circumvention. They will analyze complex issues, emerging and novel typologies, and significant ambiguity. In addition to conducting investigations and making recommendations, they will evaluate how Airwallex's financial crimes controls could be enhanced to mitigate identified risks and typologies. The ideal candidate will enjoy solving complex problems, seeking creative solutions, and moving quickly while ensuring comprehensive results., Possess at least 3 years experience in an investigative roles within financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, risk, or a related field - Proficiency in both English and Chinese is a requirement
- Proven ability to take ownership of work and drive tasks to completion.
- Willingness to learn and adapt in a high-paced environment
- Familiar with the fintech and payments industry
- Strong knowledge of AML and fraud typologies along with economic sanctions regulations
- Strong communication and problem solving skills
- Strong research and writing skills, including drafting investigative reports
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of information, including transaction data
- Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment
- Discretion in handling sensitive matters
Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide - including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more - with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.