we are looking for a Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO (Israel).
As the Senior Compliance Manager & MLRO, you will serve as the primary head of the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function for Airwallex Israel. You hold the ultimate responsibility for designing, implementing, and overseeing the AML/CTF program in strict accordance with the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law (PMLL), Prohibition of Money Laundering Order, and IMPA directives.
You will also be the primary point of contact for Israeli regulators and law enforcement. In addition, you will work cross-functionally with Product, Commercial, Operations, Data, and Legal colleagues to ensure our controls effectively prevent, detect, and report financial crime while enabling sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Regulatory Leadership: Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Israel, serving as the official liaison with the ISA, IMPA, and other relevant authorities.
Program Ownership: Design and maintain the local AML/CTF/Sanctions compliance framework, ensuring it meets both Israeli statutory requirements and global standards.
Reporting & Intelligence: Maintain oversight of the identification, review, and submission of Unusual Activity Reports (UARs) and any required threshold reports to IMPA.
Strategic Risk Advisory: Provide high-level guidance on the onboarding of complex high-risk clients and the launch of new products in the Israeli market, ensuring controls are robust enough to satisfy local banking partners.
Governance & Board Reporting: Lead the local FCC governance structure, providing the AWX IL Board and Global Risk Committees with critical Management Information (MI), including independent assessments of the entitys risk appetite and control effectiveness.
Audit & Remediation: Lead the response to regulatory inspections, internal audits, and independent AML reviews, driving any necessary remediation or control uplift initiatives.
Requirements: Education: Bachelors Degree in Law, Finance, Business, or a related field.
Experience: 8+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, with at least 2 years in a senior leadership or MLRO/Deputy MLRO capacity within a regulated financial institution or Fintech.
Regulatory Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of Israeli AML/CTF legislation, including the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law (PMLL) and related Orders.
Regulatory Exposure: Demonstrated auditing/assurance background and prior experience interacting with regulators.
Operational Authority: Proven track require in managing end-to-end investigation workflows and making final determinations on SAR/UAR filings.
Stakeholder Management: Ability to credibly engage and challenge senior internal stakeholders and external partners (e.g., banks, schemes, regulators).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in payments, fintech, or e-commerce, supporting cross-border products, card issuing/acquiring or or embedded finance use cases.
Recognised professional certification in compliance or financial crime (e.g., CAMS, ICA Diploma).
Experience operating within a global or regional FCC function, partnering across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.
Prior exposure to sanctions, high-risk industry frameworks, and applying these to product design and onboarding.
Strong ability to negotiate with and influence senior stakeholders, banking partners, and regulators to achieve compliant business outcomes.
This position is open to all candidates.