Transaction Monitoring Senior Analyst

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 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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 https://www.airwallex.com/us/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.   - Role: This role mainly focuses on transaction monitoring case handling. It reports to the GC Transaction Monitoring Manager. Responsibilities: - Conduct daily transaction monitoring tasks to timely clear and escalate the transactions in case management system per predefined TM procedure. - Managing inquiries on suspicious transactions from banking partners or law enforcement. - Conduct comprehensive analysis over suspicious clients where applicable and file STR to the regulatory agencies. - Participate in various AML related projects and initiatives to help drive the operation excellence and overall efficiency. - 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 operation or assigned by FinCrime Operation Manager. Key Requirements: - A minimum of 5 years of relevant AML and Sanctions experience in a public accounting and/or litigation/disputes consulting firm, financial services industry or regulatory environment. - Familiarity with common money laundering schemes, sanctions compliance, general or risk-based compliance, risk management, other financial crime compliance. - Meticulous with good analytical skills, detail-orientated, team player, proficient in time management and able to represent Compliance in Group projects - Demonstrate ability to effectively review and analyse data/situation and apply judgement to resolve issues in a timely manner - Having substantial hands on experience on the following areas is a plus: - International, regional and local regulatory knowledge/experience, AML and OFAC risk assessment of Process improvement initiatives (KYC, CDD, etc.) - 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 - Internet Financ