Manager, Financial Crime Compliance & MLRO (Germany)

About the role

The Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team at Airwallex is a strategically vital function operating under a clear Three Lines of Defense model. As the independent second line, FCC owns the global AML/CTF program, sanctions framework, risk assessment methodology, and governance infrastructure across all global entities. As Airwallex scales into new markets and deepens its engagement with global regulatory bodies, we are building a world-class compliance organization capable of managing complex financial crime risks at scale. This is an environment where you will tackle high-impact challenges, shape global fintech risk strategies, and help establish foundations for long-term growth. Airwallex is establishing a German Branch Office of Airwallex Netherlands B.V. (" Airwallex NL "), its Dutch-licensed e-money institution regulated by De Nederlandsche Bank (" DNB "), to support its go-to-market strategy in Germany. As Manager, Financial Crime Compliance & the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (" MLRO ") for the German Branch Office, you will be responsible for supporting the launch and ongoing compliance maintenance of the Branch Office from a financial crime, regulatory and governance perspective. You will ensure that the German Branch Office operates in accordance with applicable German AML/CTF requirements, BaFin expectations, German Financial Intelligence Unit (" FIU ") reporting requirements, applicable EU AML/CTF and sanctions frameworks, and Airwallex NL's global and regional FCC standards. You will act as the local FCC lead for Airwallex's German Branch Office, serving as a key point of contact for BaFin, the German FIU, law enforcement agencies and other relevant German and EU authorities. 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 in the German market.

Responsibilities

• Regulatory Leadership & BaFin Liaison
• Serve as the designated MLRO for the Airwallex German Branch, fulfilling local AML/CTF obligations under the GwG, as applicable to a branch of a DNB-supervised institution operating in Germany.
• Act as the primary local contact for BaFin in respect of branch-level supervisory matters, regulatory notifications, and any BaFin correspondence or inspections relating to the German Branch.
• Support the EMEA Regulatory and Compliance team in managing the BaFin branch notification and approval process, and maintain ongoing compliance with any conditions or requirements attached to branch authorisation.
• Local Compliance Oversight
• Maintain ongoing FCC oversight of the German Branch Office, ensuring that local activities remain within the approved branch perimeter and aligned to Airwallex NL's regulatory permissions.
• Provide local compliance advice on Germany-based sales, marketing and account management activity, ensuring that commercial activity is appropriately controlled and consistent with the German Branch Office model.
• Ensure that German-specific AML/CTF and sanctions requirements are appropriately reflected in local policies, procedures, escalation routes, training, governance and reporting.
• Suspicious Activity Reporting

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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