Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager 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 200,000 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 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 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 ROLE We’re hiring a Senior Finance Manager to take a leadership role within our EMEA Controllership team in Amsterdam. Reporting to the Associate Finance Director, EMEA, you will oversee the end-to-end controllership function across our EMEA entity portfolio, with direct responsibility for financial reporting, statutory audits, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and team development. This is a senior, high-impact role at the intersection of technical accounting, regulatory finance, and operational leadership. You’ll be a key contributor to Airwallex’s banking licence workstreams, a trusted partner to our external auditors and regulators, and a mentor to the growing EMEA finance team. We expect this person to champion AI adoption within the team — not as a buzzword, but as a genuine force multiplier for how we research, analyse, report, and operate. If you’re an experienced finance leader who combines deep IFRS expertise with a builder’s mindset and thrives in complexity, we’d love to hear from you. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Lead the end-to-end controllership function for a portfolio of EMEA entities, ensuring timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes in Oracle Fusion - Act as the primary finance business partner for EMEA operations, providing financial insights and strategic guidance to regional leadership - Take ownership of all EMEA statutory audits and external audit relationships (e.g. EY Lithuania, local statutory auditors), managing audit timelines, deliverables, and issue resolution from planning through sign-off - Oversee regulatory financial reporting for EMEA licensed entities, including EMI and credit institution obligations under DNB/ECB frameworks (FINREP, COREP, DORA Register of Information, ICAAP financial inputs) - Build, maintain, and enhance the EMEA internal controls framework, ensuring SOX-readiness and alignment with group control standards - Lead and mentor the EMEA Finance Manager(s) and any direct reports, developing team capabilities through coaching, knowledge sharing, and structured career development - Drive finance transformation initiatives including process standardisation, automation (e.g. Oracle workflow ... (truncated, view full listing at source)