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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Onsite
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 676,000 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 to see it in full.
Location: Malaysia
Responsibilities:
Conduct real-time transaction monitoring tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in the case management system per pre-defined TM procedure
Conduct transaction screening tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in the Airwallex system per pre-defined screening procedure
Participate in various AML-related projects and initiatives to help drive operational excellence and overall efficiency
Understanding of AML regulatory regulations and regulations from card schemes
Proactively stay up-to-date with AML-related news and regulatory developments, improve the knowledge base of AML and sanctions within the team and assist with the development of in-house expertise
Complete other work related to transaction monitoring operations or assigned by the Transaction Monitoring Lead
Coordinate with issuing and acquiring related initiatives
Actively handle issuing investigations in a timely manner
Perform a holistic review for post-monitoring alerts
Escalate issuing accidents in a timely manner with proper solving suggestions
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree with 2 – 4 years of relevant AML and sanctions experience in fintech, financial services, litigation or regulatory environment
Familiarity with typical money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, general or risk-based compliance, risk management, and other financial crime compliance.
Having substantial hands-on experience in the following areas is a plus: International, regional and local regulatory knowledge/experience, AML and OFAC risk assessment
Policy & procedure development (black/white list maintenance; STR writing/review, etc.)
Alert clearing and investigations - common AML typology analysis - vendor solutions in KYC, transaction monitoring, case management or sanction compliance
Strong data analytical skills including but not limited to advanced Google Sheets/Scripts and SQL is a huge plus, though not required
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 email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com 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.
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.