About the role
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 . 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.
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the Role We’re looking for a Finance Manager to join our growing EMEA Controllership team based in Amsterdam. Reporting to the Associate Finance Director, EMEA, you will play a critical role in managing the financial close, statutory compliance, and reporting for our EMEA entity portfolio. This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving environment where you’ll work across multiple jurisdictions, currencies, and regulatory frameworks — including supporting Airwallex’s banking licence obligations. You’ll be joining at an exciting time: our EMEA finance function is scaling rapidly, and you’ll have the opportunity to shape processes, build controls, and drive improvements from the ground up. We’re building an AI-first finance team where tools like Claude and Gemini are part of daily workflows — from technical research to reconciliation review. If you’re someone who thrives on ownership, is comfortable navigating complexity, embraces new technology, and wants to grow their career in a high-calibre fintech finance team, this role is for you. What You’ll Do Own the month-end close process for assigned EMEA entities, including journal entry preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L reviews in Oracle Fusion prior to submission to FP&A Prepare and review monthly reporting packs, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data across multiple jurisdictions and currencies Support financial statement audits (statutory and group) by coordinating with external auditors (e.g. EY) and preparing audit deliverables including IFRS disclosures, lead schedules, and management representation responses Develop AI Agent/Tools to fully automate or drive efficiency on all the tasks above. Manage local statutory and tax compliance filings across EMEA entities, liaising with external tax advisors to ensure timely and accurate submissions Perform intercompany reconciliations and resolve cross-entity discrepancies in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment Support Airwallex’s growth agenda by contributing to new licence applications and market entry workstreams across EMEA — including preparing IFRS financial models, pro-forma financial statements, regulatory capital projections, and finance workstream deliverables required by regulators Support regulatory financial reporting