Manager, FCC Monitoring & Testing, APAC

The role

You will shape and scale the global financial crime compliance monitoring and testing framework. You will validate the design and operating effectiveness of AML, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB controls across production environments.

What you will do

• Contribute to the strategic development and execution of the Global FCC Monitoring & Testing Programme.
• Design testing frameworks to validate core compliance controls.
• Oversee the ongoing FCC monitoring program for APAC.
• Advance the transition toward continuous, data-enabled assurance using data analytics and automated testing scripts.
• Oversee independent validation of system-encoded controls.
• Translate testing outcomes into reporting for executive leadership and governance forums.
• Represent the FCC monitoring and testing function during regulatory examinations, audits, and banking partner reviews.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related quantitative/analytical discipline.
• CAMS certification or an ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (or equivalent professional credential).
• 10+ years of experience within FCC quality assurance, compliance monitoring, internal audit, or a related second/third-line control function inside a fintech, payments, or highly regulated banking env
• Strong technical knowledge of financial crime controls across transaction monitoring, sanctions/PEP screening, customer due diligence, and digital KYC/KYB workflows.
• Proven mastery of risk-based testing methodologies, including scoping, sampling, design and operating effectiveness assessments, issue writing, and remediation validation.
• A high-ownership, pragmatic approach, with excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as an MBA, Master’s in Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Professional assurance or audit certifications such as CAMS-Audit, CISA, or CIA.
• Strong fintech and platforms experience, including exposure to cloud-native, API-driven, high-growth global environments with significant cross-border transaction volume.
• Strong data literacy, including comfort using SQL, Python, BI dashboards, or automated tools to support continuous control validation and population-based testing.
• Experience partnering directly with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to validate automated rules, model-driven controls, and rapid deployments within an agile product lifecycle.

About the company

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure for over 675,000 businesses globally.