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# Senior Manager, Technology Risk Assurance at Airwallex

- **Company:** [Airwallex](https://feeny.ai/companies/airwallex)
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airwallex/45b2b27f-8ead-45b5-b286-34e7076a6013

## Job description

## About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own. We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our[operating principles](https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles) to see it in full.

## How you'll make impact

You’ll build and scale a practical Second Line of Defence technology risk assurance function for a fast-growing, regulated fintech.

- Recruit, mentor, and lead a lean, high-performing team of technology risk engineers and assurance specialists, fostering technical depth, code-first assurance, and cross-functional agility.
- Lead second-line assurance across ITGCs and IT application controls, cloud infrastructure and database management, CI/CD and change enablement, IAM and privileged access, API and automated data pipeline integrity, and business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Build an automation-first assurance engine using AI agents, automated workflows, and custom Python and SQL scripts for continuous control testing, evidence retrieval, and remediation validation.
- Establish automated finding lifecycle and remediation governance, surfacing control failures to engineering leads and validating fixes without drawn-out re-audit cycles.
- Design and execute control frameworks for generative AI, LLMs, agentic workflows, machine learning models, and automated decision engines.
- Partner with external auditors and global regulators to defend autonomous testing scripts and AI-agent methodologies, ensuring automated evidence is trusted and relied upon.
- Translate complex technology risk into clear recommendations for engineers, senior executives, and board-level risk committees, drawing on frameworks and expectations including NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 1, SOC 2, DORA, MAS TRM, FCA, HKMA, ASIC, and FinCEN.

You’ll work from our Amsterdam or London office three days a week.

## What we're looking for

Essentials

- 8+ years of progressive experience in technology risk, IT audit, information security assurance, or technology compliance, including proven experience in a Second Line of Defence risk assurance capacity.
- Big Four background.
- Experience building and testing risk controls.
- A track record of recruiting, mentoring, and leading high-performing technical risk or assurance teams.
- Deep practical expertise in ITGCs, IT application controls, automated business controls, and SOX compliance within complex distributed architectures.
- Hands-on experience assessing cloud risks across AWS or GCP, particularly IAM, privileged access and segregation of duties, Firefighter workflows, CI/CD pipelines, database controls, and modern API security.
- Practical ability to write and use SQL, Python, or API scripts to query databases, automate evidence extraction, and reduce manual sampling.
- Strong conceptual and practical understanding of risks and controls around AI/ML systems, LLMs, and automated decision engines, including data drift, access guardrails, and model integrity.
- Proven ability to constructively challenge First Line engineering leads while maintaining the credibility to defend automated testing methodologies to external auditors and regulatory examiners.
- Solid working knowledge of industry control frameworks such as SOC 1/2, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF.

## Preferred

- Direct experience building or deploying AI agents, LLM-driven audit assistants, or automated compliance and testing pipelines.
- Fintech experience, particularly within a high-growth fintech, payments platform, digital bank, or cloud-native technology company.
- People management experience.
- Familiarity with international financial technology regulations and expectations, including MAS TRM, FCA, HKMA, DORA, ASIC, and FinCEN.
- Experience integrating GRC platforms, BI dashboards such as Tableau or Looker, and continuous compliance monitoring tools.
- Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, or AWS/GCP certifications.

You'll thrive here if

- You’re comfortable owning the roadmap yourself.
- You own the outcome and you don't wait for permission to fix what's broken.
- You're comfortable with ambiguity. Give you a problem, not a prescription, and you'll run with it.
- You say what you mean. You're direct, but you lead with respect.
- You simplify complexity rather than hiding behind it.

Learn more about your team Risk is part of Regulatory & Compliance at Airwallex. Regulatory & Compliance is where we build the trust, discipline, and operational resilience required to scale a generational financial platform. As Airwallex grows across 30+ markets, this team turns regulatory complexity into strategic control. You'll lead compliance, enterprise risk, and regulatory engagement in a way that protects the business while letting it move with conviction. Our ambition goes beyond meeting expectations: we're building a risk posture that acts as a competitive moat, grounded in ownership, proactive regulatory partnerships, and frameworks that scale globally while respecting local nuance. It's a team for strategic operators with sharp judgment, high standards, and the confidence to execute at pace in a high-stakes environment. You'll thrive here if you can balance rigor with progress and influence across functions. If you want to architect the benchmark for trust and resilience in global finance, your work here will have a massive impact.

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.

## About Airwallex

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Airwallex is a financial technology company building a unified global payments and banking platform that helps businesses manage cross-border payments, treasury, spend, and financial operations through proprietary infrastructure, software, and AI.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series G)
- **Headquarters**: Dual headquarters in Singapore and San Francisco, USA; founded in Melbourne, Australia
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Jack Zhang (CEO), Lucy Liu, Max Li, Xijing Dai, and Ron Li

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Financial Services / Payments / Fintech Infrastructure
- Target customers: B2B, primarily serving SMBs, scaling enterprises, digital platforms, and marketplaces globally
- Mission or purpose statement: "Build the future of global banking" — they aim to replace legacy, fragmented banking systems with a borderless, intelligent, real-time financial operating system for modern businesses.

## Products & Services
- **[Business Accounts]**: Multi-currency global accounts to receive, hold, and manage funds in 20+ currencies, with local account details for key markets.
- **[Payments]**: Global payment acceptance via 160+ local payment methods, low-code checkout, and programmatic payout capabilities to 200+ countries.
- **[Spend / Corporate Cards]**: Multi-currency corporate and employee cards with customisable spend controls, designed for global teams.
- **[Expense Management]**: A platform to track, control, and reconcile global business expenses, including employee reimbursements.
- **[Billing & Subscription Management]**: A billing platform for usage-based and subscription pricing models, supporting AI companies and complex revenue workflows.
- **[Platform APIs]**: API-first infrastructure enabling businesses to embed financial services (accounts, payments, FX, card issuing) into their own products.
- **[FX & Treasury]**: Interbank foreign exchange rates and tools to intelligently manage currency risk across markets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: US$11 billion (latest valuation in 2025, following a fresh investment round).
- **Key Metric**: US$1.8 billion in total funding raised; Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) surpassed US$1 billion by 2025.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Series G investors include prominent global venture capital firms (specific names not listed in source but backed by top-tier VCs); serves over 200,000 businesses including TikTok, Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, and SHEIN.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - US$287 billion in global payments processed (USD).
  - 92% of transfers settled same-day, 50% processed instantly.
  - Over 85 financial licenses and registrations globally.
  - Team of ~2,300 people across 27 offices internationally.
  - Dual-headquarters model (Singapore + San Francisco) adopted in 2025 to support next phase of growth.

## Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary, API-first infrastructure built from scratch (not riding legacy banking rails), enabling faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border transactions.
- Unified platform combining banking, payments, spend management, billing, and FX — reducing the need for multiple vendors.
- Deep AI integration across the platform to automate financial operations and provide intelligent insights.
- Extensive regulatory licensing (85+ licenses) across major markets, creating a high barrier to entry.
- Strong network effects: serves both direct businesses and platforms/marketplaces that embed Airwallex into their offerings.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue scaling the platform to support the rapid growth of AI-native companies and usage-based business models (highlighted by the launch of their global billing platform).
- Expand the dual-headquarters presence to tap into the largest tech talent markets (San Francisco and Singapore).
- Invest heavily in AI to build "interconnected, intelligent financial systems where money, data, and decisions move together."
- Deepen product capabilities to automate financial operations end-to-end for global businesses.

## Why Work Here
- High-growth, ambitious environment: described as "the most ambitious work of your career" by the company; founded in 2015 and already processing $287B in payments.
- Global impact and scale: work on infrastructure used by 200,000+ businesses, from startups to enterprises like TikTok and SHEIN.
- Hybrid/office culture: 27 offices globally (Melbourne, Singapore, San Francisco, London, Shanghai, Amsterdam, and more) offering opportunities to work across teams and locations.
- Engineering-driven culture: heavy emphasis on building proprietary technology, AI, and developer-first products.
- Notable perks: opportunity to work on a modern financial stack, exposure to cutting-edge AI/Fintech intersection, and a diverse, international team of "2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech."

## Sources
1. [airwallex.com - Who We Are](https://www.airwallex.com/en-eu/who-we-are)
2. [airwallex.com - Global Platform](https://www.airwallex.com/global)
3. [careers.airwallex.com](https://careers.airwallex.com/)
4. [LinkedIn - Airwallex](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airwallex)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com - Airwallex](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airwallex)

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