Senior Manager, Internal Audit (SOX)

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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across more than 37 locations around the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

The Internal Audit team at Airwallex plays a crucial role in ensuring the company's operations and controls are efficient, effective, and compliant. We conduct thorough reviews and assessments to identify risks and opportunities for improvement across all departments. By providing objective insights and recommendations, we help safeguard Airwallex’s integrity and support its continuous growth. Our team is committed to maintaining the highest standards of accountability and transparency.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establish a consistent methodology and define process scope, control objectives, testing strategies, deficiency assessments, and overall conclusions

• Collaborate with control owners to design, implement and enforce ICFR and SOX standards by developing internal control process and documentation, assess control effectiveness, and lead annual process reviews

• Monitor control deficiencies and partner with control owners to develop, implement, and document remediation plans to ensure timely resolution

• Manage the full lifecycle of  business and service provider controls, including coordinating and advising process owners to ensure timely and adequate completion

• Support ongoing internal control efforts and initiatives to help improve processes and controls, including the use of data analytics and business process automation

• Outside of SOX, the individual will also perform internal audits of internal functions, including Finance, People & Talent and Legal, and participate in non-audit projects to drive continuous improvement.  

Who are you?

• Bachelor Degree in Accountancy and professional qualifications including CIA or CA

• 10-15 years of working experience with a mix of external audit and SOX controls

• Strong knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and 302, COSO Framework and PCAOB Standards

• Possesses analytical, problem-solving, project management, interpersonal, and communication (both written and verbal) skills.

• Possesses experience in setting up a pre-IPO SOX framework (strongly preferred).

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters.  Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s).  Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.