VP, Global Head of Risk

3 days ago

Singapore Airwallex Full time
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 100,000 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 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

The Role:

Reporting to the Chief Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer, the Risk function oversees all risk domains, including enterprise and financial risk (credit risk, fraud risk, brand risk, and scheme related risks for all of our products.)

You will have a unique opportunity to lead and make a significant impact in a fast-paced and dynamic Fintech business. With a solid international network and robust financial backing from experienced investors, we are determined to expand and grow our global business.

You Will:

  • Develop a risk management function/framework that encompasses risk monitoring, detection, policy development, and assurance activities across Airwallex’s worldwide operations
  • Create, formulate, and execute risk strategies, guidelines, performance metrics, and monitoring mechanisms that can identify and prevent possible vulnerabilities and abuses across all existing, and future, Airwallex products
  • Collaborate with Risk Product, Risk Operations and engineering teams in managing risk
  • Build relationships with key partners and stakeholders across commercial, product, engineering, data science, and compliance teams to effectively mitigate risks at the portfolio, market, and merchant level
  • Efficiently communicate Airwallex’s risk appetite to ensure that the organization’s risk awareness and adoption are consistently upheld throughout the company
  • Collaborate with business, operations, technology, product, and other stakeholders to deliver measurable and actionable business outcomes while minimizing the organization’s exposure to various risks such as financial crime, fraud, counterparty, and liability risks
  • Monitor, improve, and incorporate the Risk Management Framework to guarantee that all global entities within the group are operating within acceptable risk tolerance levels
  • Work closely with the Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officer, the CEO and other senior executives on topics related to risk and control
  • Advise management on external risk, governance and regulatory requirements across all markets in which the Group operates
  • Be an advocate for fostering a strong Risk Culture within Airwallex
  • Recruit, hire, train, and oversee a team of risk management professionals located worldwide

Key Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance/ Accounting, Risk Management, Legal or related fields
  • A minimum of 13 years of relevant Risk Management, Compliance, Control or Auditing experience preferred
  • Experience in Fintech and Financial Services (especially in Payments/Consumer/Remittance) is highly desirable
  • Combination of advisory and hands on risk management functions in a financial institution
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience in managing and leading an international team
  • Previous experience working with Senior Management
  • Independent, self-starter who works well with cross-functional teams

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

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