Compliance Manager & MLRO, South Korea

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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. About the team The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks. What you’ll do Airwallex's (Senior) Compliance Manager, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, is a key member of our global compliance team, responsible for driving and embedding Airwallex’s compliance program. This role partners with internal teams to design, develop, implement and monitor screening and monitoring rules, and supports regulatory obligations for the Korea market. Reporting to the Regional Director of Financial Crime Compliance for Asia and MLRO, this role drives the development, launch, and management of key compliance programs. This role is based in Korea. Responsibilities: - Own and develop the FCC compliance framework of Airwallex in Korea, building on the Airwallex global compliance framework - Manage and set departmental and individual targets for the FCC Team - Provide day-to-day management and execution of Airwallex’s AML regulatory interactions, examinations, and ad-hoc requests - Represent Airwallex with critical external stakeholders, including regulators and financial partners - Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective tactical, strategic, and updated anti-money laundering program - Manage the day-to-day BAU tasks including enhanced due diligence (EDD) approvals, name screening alert escalations, and with filing Suspicious Matter Reports as necessary - Provide advice and support to the Commercial and Operations team on various compliance matters - Work closely with the Financial Partnership team to deal with any potential enquiries from external parties including banking partners and scheme partners - Develop and manage a regular monitoring and reporting process to inform senior management, the audit committee and the board as necessary and required - Design and execute reports to measure success and performance of AML Compliance initiatives, operations, critical metrics, and Key Risk Indicators - Coordinate with various stakeholders to address issues raised in internal audit reports, self-assessments, compliance reviews, or regulatory examination - Drive internal controls design and monitoring to support Compliance Operational policy and procedures Who you are Minimum qualifications: - A minimum of 7 years financial crimes compliance experience in a financial institution. - Ability to multitask effortlessly and handle challenging priorities under deadlines - Credible stakeholder engagement and management skills to align with our organisational values and behaviors - Written and verbal fluency in both Korean and English Preferred qualifications: - Completion of FX training provided by KBI or KIFIN - Understanding and knowledge in payment industry - Experience as MLRO / Deputy MLRO - Experience interacting with the Regulator - Auditing background preferred APPLICANT SAFETY POLICY: FRAUD AND THIRD-PARTY RECRUITERS To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com http://airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com http://careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page. 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. 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.