Head of / Senior Director of FP&A

About the role

The Finance & Corporate Development team at Airwallex drives the company's financial strategy and growth. Our team focuses on financial planning, analysis, and corporate transactions to ensure Airwallex's long-term success. We collaborate across departments to identify opportunities, manage risks, and execute strategic initiatives. Our goal is to support the company's mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.

Responsibilities

• Reporting - Full P&L budgeting, reporting and forecasting/reforecasting, working closely with the Controllership and Strategic Finance teams and divisional leaders across the business to develop an integrated view of business performance and drivers of variance
• Data and Systems - Creating and maintaining the queries, reports and databases that underpin regular reporting and ad hoc analysis, working with Data and Engineering to ensure the integrity/accuracy of metrics. You will also oversee the tools and systems used across the business for budgeting.
• Automation - Driving efficiency and automation across all FP&A workflows, including adoption of best-in-class tooling and use of agentic AI.
• This role is based in London or Singapore.
• Who are you
• We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Requirements

• 10+ years in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Investment Banking or Private Equity - this will include experience within a high-growth, global business
• Deep experience in integrated financial modelling, covering top-line (including Sales efficiency), COGS and Opex analysis
• A record of providing high quality analytical decision support to senior leadership teams, with a strong bias towards actionable insight
• Proven leadership and team-building skills, with the ability to hire, develop and retain world class talent
• Comfortable with large datasets and SQL
• Familiarity with the use of AI/ML tools to automate regular analysis and simplify ad hoc queries
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Sector experience in fintech/payments
• Experience with Pigment or equivalent products
• 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

Benefits

Additional Information

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 2,200 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 . 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.

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