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AirwallexSenior Manager, Credit Risk
Airwallex is looking for a Senior Manager, Credit Risk to lead global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk. Based in Dallas, Texas and operating…
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Airwallex is looking for a Senior Manager, Credit Risk to lead global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk. Based in Dallas, Texas and operating as a fully remote role, this position establishes the risk guardrails supporting the company's merchant acquiring, charge cards, foreign exchange, treasury, settlement, and banking-partner activities. The person in this role will own the global risk framework, risk appetite, limits, governance, and portfolio oversight across…
Job Description
Airwallex is looking for a Senior Manager, Credit Risk to lead global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk. Based in Dallas, Texas and operating as a fully remote role, this position establishes the risk guardrails supporting the company's merchant acquiring, charge cards, foreign exchange, treasury, settlement, and banking-partner activities.
The person in this role will own the global risk framework, risk appetite, limits, governance, and portfolio oversight across multiple products and legal entities. Responsibilities include providing independent challenge to first-line decisions, reviewing underwriting strategies and customer risk policies, establishing controls for foreign exchange and counterparty exposures, and representing credit risk in regulatory examinations and audits.
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced financial risk professional with a background in banking, fintech, or regulated financial services who thrives in a high-growth environment and exercises strong first-principles judgment. Airwallex operates as an AI-native financial operating system supporting hundreds of thousands of global businesses.
Responsibilities
- Lead global second-line oversight of credit, FX, and counterparty risk across merchant acquiring, charge cards, FX, treasury, settlement, and banking-partner activities
- Own the global risk framework, risk appetite, limits, governance, and portfolio oversight across various products and legal entities
- Provide independent challenge to first-line decisions and deliver trusted advice to senior leaders
- Oversee credit exposures and evaluate underwriting strategies, customer risk policies, credit assessments, limit-setting methodologies, and mitigation practices
- Establish and monitor second-line controls for foreign exchange and counterparty exposures involving pre-funding, settlement, treasury flows, and payment partners
- Monitor portfolio trends and early-warning indicators proactively while supporting risk committee decisions and material approvals
- Represent Credit Risk during regulatory examinations, audits, and banking-partner reviews
Requirements
- Possess 10 to 15 years of progressively senior experience across credit risk, counterparty risk, FX risk, treasury risk, or related financial risk disciplines
- Demonstrate deep experience designing, implementing, and governing second-line credit risk frameworks within a complex, multi-jurisdictional organization
- Show a strong understanding of credit risk identification, measurement, underwriting, limit management, monitoring, mitigation, provisioning, loss recognition, and capital implications
- Have practical experience managing risk across multiple product lines such as merchant acquiring, commercial cards, B2B lending, payment processing, FX, or treasury
- Show practical experience overseeing FX and counterparty risk including exposure measurement, concentration risk, limits, and settlement risk
- Exhibit a proven ability to challenge first-line decisions and communicate clear risk positions to senior executives, regulators, and commercial leaders
Qualifications
- Hold an advanced degree such as an MBA or a Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, or a related field
- Hold a professional certification such as FRM, PRM, CFA, or an equivalent credential
- Bring experience using automated decisioning engines, credit scoring models, portfolio analytics, or alternative data
- Demonstrate familiarity with IFRS 9, expected credit loss methodologies, stress testing, or other prudential and accounting frameworks
- Show strong data literacy and familiarity with SQL, Python, or similar data analysis tools
- Have prior experience working in a regulated payments fintech, digital bank, or multi-license financial institution
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This position is based in Dallas, Texas and is fully remote.
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The role requires 10 to 15 years of progressively senior experience across credit risk, counterparty risk, FX risk, treasury risk, or related financial risk disciplines.
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