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Overview

Finance Manager, AMER at Airwallex

About Airwallex: Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. We empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions to manage accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,800 across 26 offices. Airwallex is valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by leading investors. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

What You'll Do

This role will be a key member of the Airwallex Americas regional team. As the Manager, Finance, AMER, you will own end-to-end financial controllership activities for Airwallex's AMER entities while supporting group-wide reporting, audit, and strategic initiatives. You will ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, maintain strong governance and compliance standards, and partner with cross-functional teams such as Product, Revenue Operations, and FP&A. This role offers broad exposure to controllership, fintech regulatory requirements, new product enablement, and global group reporting—ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited to build and scale the finance function of a hyper-growth fintech. This role is based in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly financial closing tasks and reporting activities for AMER entities in collaboration with our finance shared service center
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, local regulatory requirements, and internal accounting policies
• Manage periodic statutory financial audits, tax filings, and collaborate with external auditors, tax advisors, and regulators
• Support global group reporting processes, including quarterly close, consolidation reviews, and coordination with global Controllership and Group Finance teams
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to provide accounting advisory for new product launches, commercial structures, and changes in operational workflows
• Drive controllership improvement initiatives across the Americas, including process standardization, automation, documentation, and operational efficiency projects
• Prepare technical accounting memos and support advisory topics (e.g., revenue recognition, equity compensation, M&A transactions, financial instruments)
• Support compliance reporting obligations to relevant U.S. regulatory bodies and industry partners
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders such as Tax, Treasury, Legal, Risk, and Operations on regional or group-wide projects
• Responsibilities of the role may evolve over time as the U.S. business scales

Who You Are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have but not mandatory.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• 8+ years of finance or accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, technical accounting acumen, and ability to apply standards in a rapidly evolving fintech environment
• Experience working in financial services, fintech, payments, or regulated industries
• Proven experience in financial controlling roles with a track record of improving processes and scaling financial operations
• Strong understanding of internal controls, compliance requirements, and reporting frameworks applicable to U.S. financial entities
• Experience supporting complex local or international projects, including systems implementations or operating model transitions
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to partner effectively across departments and seniority levels
• Ability to operate independently, demonstrate sound judgment, and navigate ambiguity in a hyper-growth environment
• Creative, proactive, and solutions-oriented approach with the ability to balance detail orientation and operational efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Big Four experience strongly preferred
• CPA or equivalent qualification preferred
• Experience working within Oracle ERP, Pigment FP&A, Looker dashboards and similar modern finance stack strongly preferred

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To protect you from recruitment scams, Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers, or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters; fees are not paid unless an agreement exists for a specific open position. Submissions from search firms/recruiters without an agreement may be considered unsolicited.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and consider applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate based on color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, gender, disability, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or need accommodation, please let us know.

Compensation Range: $120K - $170K