Airwallex - Associate Director, KYC

• 10+ years of relevant AML/KYC experience focused on complex corporate clients, financial institutions or fintech platforms. • A strong track record designing, managing and governing scalable second-line KYC frameworks. • 3+ years' experience leading, mentoring or managing compliance teams, with a focus on operational rigor, analytical excellence and continuous improvement. • Demonstrated experience providing second-line oversight, independent challenge and risk-based decision-making across KYC, Enhanced Due Diligence and periodic review activities. • Experience supporting regulatory examination processes and engagement. • Experience reviewing or approving Customer Risk Acceptance documentation, identifying risk, assessing mitigations and producing clear, decision-ready recommendations. • Experience overseeing compliance reviews or walkthroughs for complex corporate, embedded finance or platform clients. • Proven ability to advise senior Commercial and Sales stakeholders on complex deal structures, novel business models and high-risk customer profiles. • Proven ability to partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Business stakeholders to translate compliance requirements into scalable, automated workflows. • Strong leadership, communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to explain complex compliance decisions clearly to senior executives, regulatory authorities and external partners. • Experience leveraging or evaluating AI-enabled tools in compliance or KYC workflows, with an understanding of responsible implementation, regulatory defensibility and internal controls. • Experience in FinTech, global cross-border payments, RegTech, management consulting or digital asset environments. • CAMS, CFCS, CFE or equivalent industry certification. • A quantitative, technical, legal or data-oriented degree. • Familiarity with Google Workspace, Slack, Mac environments, modern data tools and AI-assisted workflow platforms. • Experience monitoring regulatory, enforcement and industry developments across cross-border payments, global banking or digital assets. • YOU'LL THRIVE HERE IF • You own the outcome and you don't wait for permission to fix what's broken. • You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and moving quickly anyway. • You've operated in a compliance-heavy environment and know how to move fast without cutting the corners that matter. • You communicate clearly and directly across cultures, and you're thoughtful about how context shifts meaning across borders. • You connect dots across functions and hold the big picture without losing grip on the details.