Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO (Israel) at Airwallex

ABOUT AIRWALLEX 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 200,000 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 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, 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. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles [Upgrade to PRO to see link] You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. ABOUT THE TEAM The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We are passionate about safeguarding Airwallex’s operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks. THE ROLE As the Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, you will serve as the primary head of the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function for Airwallex Israel. You hold the ultimate responsibility for designing, implementing, and overseeing the AML/CTF program in strict accordance with the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law (PMLL), Prohibition of Money Laundering Order, and IMPA directives. You will also be the primary point of contact for Israeli regulators and law enforcement. In addition, you will work cross-functionally with Product, Commercial, Operations, Data, and Legal colleagues to ensure our controls effectively prevent, detect, and report financial crime while enabling sustainable growth. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Regulatory Leadership: Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Israel, serving as the official liaison with the ISA, IMPA, and other relevant authorities. - Program Ownership: Design and maintain the local AML/CTF/Sanctions compliance framework, ensuring it meets both Israeli statutory requirements and Airwallex’s global standards. - Reporting & Intelligence: Maintain oversight of the identification, review, and submission of Unusual Activity Reports (UARs) and any required threshold reports to IMPA. - Strategic Risk Advisory: Provide high-level guidance on the onboarding of complex high-risk clients and the launch of new products in the Israeli market, ensuring controls are robust enough to satisfy local banking partners. - Governance & Board Reporting: Lead the local FCC governance structure, providing the AWX IL Board and Global Risk Committees with critical Management Information (MI), including independent assessments of the entity’s risk appetite and control effectiveness. - Audit & Remediation: Lead the response to regulatory inspections, internal audits, and independent AML reviews, driving any necessary remediation or control uplift initiatives. WHO YOU ARE Minimum Qualifications: - Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Finance, Business, or a related field. - Experience: 8+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, with at least 2 years in a senior leadership or MLRO/Deputy MLRO capacity within a regulated financial institution or Fintech. - Regulatory Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of Israeli AML/CTF legislation, including the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law (PMLL) and related Orders. - Regulatory Exposure: Demonstrated auditing/assurance background and prior experience interacting with regulators. - Operational Authority: Proven track require in managing end-to-end investigation workflows and making final determinations on SAR/UAR filings. - Stakeholder Management: Ability to credibly engage and challenge senior internal stakeholders and external partners (e.g., banks, schemes, regulators). Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in payments, fintech, or e-commerce, supporting cross-border products, card issuing/acquiring or or embedded finance use cases. - Recognised professional certification in compliance or financial crime (e.g., CAMS, ICA Diploma). - Experience operating within a global or regional FCC function, partnering across multiple jurisdictions and time zones. - Prior exposure to sanctions, high-risk industry frameworks, and applying these to product design and onboarding. - Strong ability to negotiate with and influence senior stakeholders, banking partners, and regulators to achieve compliant business outcomes. APPLICANT SAFETY POLICY: FRAUD AND THIRD-PARTY RECRUITERS To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com [Upgrade to PRO to see link] email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com [Upgrade to PRO to see link] or our official LinkedIn page. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.