Global AML Manager

Remote · US - Dallas · 7+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 23, 2026

At a glance

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles to see it in full.

The Global AML Manager will join the Financial Crime Compliance team to help manage global money laundering and terrorist financing risks.
This role involves translating regulatory expectations into practical, risk-based policies and controls while collaborating across Product, Engineering, and Operations teams.

Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Global AML/CTF Policy Framework.
Develop and advise on risk-based AML/CTF processes including customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, and transaction monitoring.
Monitor global AML/CTF regulatory developments and enforcement trends to assess their impact on the business.
Provide advisory support for the investigation of escalated customers, accounts, and transactions.
Partner with Product, Data, and Engineering teams to identify emerging risks and translate requirements into effective workflows.
Support regulatory examinations, partner bank inquiries, and audits.
Prepare governance materials, metrics, risk indicators, and training programs.
Maintain central program registers and manage action items in response to internal and external assurance results.

7+ years of experience in AML/CTF, financial crime compliance, or a related risk/regulatory function.
Demonstrated understanding of AML/CTF laws, regulations, and industry practices across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience managing AML program components such as customer risk assessment, due diligence, or transaction monitoring.
Experience working with compliance technology including case-management or screening tools.
Ability to assess complex customer profiles, commercial transactions, and cross-border payment flows.
Strong written communication, analytical, project management, and stakeholder management skills.

CAMS or an equivalent globally recognized AML or financial crime compliance credential.
Experience interacting with regulators, auditors, correspondent banks, or financial institution partners.
Experience in fintech and payments, including cross-border payments, virtual accounts, or multi-currency wallets.
Experience partnering with Product, Data, or Engineering teams to embed AML/CTF requirements into automated workflows.