Safeguarding and Capital Adequacy Manager - Airwallex (Lithuania)

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 2,200 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.

About the Team

The Finance & Corporate Development team at Airwallex drives the company's financial strategy and growth. Our team focuses on financial planning, analysis, and corporate transactions to ensure Airwallex's long-term success. We collaborate across departments to identify opportunities, manage risks, and execute strategic initiatives. Our goal is to support the company's mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a Safeguarding and Capital Adequacy Manager to join Airwallex Lithuania. In this role, you will own the end-to-end safeguarding and capital adequacy frameworks in line with local requirements.

You will act as the designated person responsible for monitoring, controlling and ensuring compliance with client funds safeguarding obligations, as well as the person responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with capital requirements. You will report to the Treasurer and Airwallex Lithuania Board, and will work closely with Finance, Risk, Regulatory & Compliance, Product, Engineering and Operations to design data-driven controls, run daily reconciliations, improve tooling and workflows, and provide clear reporting to the Board and regulators.

This role is an integral part of our global Treasury operations and a key pillar of the Lithuanian licence set-up. It is well suited to someone who combines strong regulatory discipline with analytical depth, operational ownership and a genuine interest in building scalable financial infrastructure.

This role is based in Lithuania.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain Airwallex LT’s capital adequacy, tracking regulatory requirements and managing reserves or capital top-ups.

• Protect 100% of client funds through authorised methods, ensuring ongoing compliance with Lithuanian and EU regulations.

• Implement and enhance safeguarding controls, including reconciliations and remediation workflows, to meet regulatory standards.

• Develop reporting and KPIs to improve transparency on cash, safeguarding, and risks, aligning with global Treasury standards.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to design scalable data models and workflows for new products and partners.

• Automate Treasury operations to reduce manual risk and minimise reconciliation backlogs.

• Act as an independent control function, escalating deficiencies and contributing to regulatory audits or responses.

• Coordinate and document periodic independent reviews of safeguarding and capital adequacy controls, including testing of reconciliations, data quality and outsourced or group-provided inputs.

• Support firmwide initiatives including new safeguarding account setup, safeguarding & regulatory enhancements and liquidity management projects.

Who you are

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.

• 3-5 years of analytical experience in financial services or fintech, focusing on regulatory capital, safeguarding, or treasury operations.

• Expertise in data analysis and reconciliations to generate business insights and drive execution.

• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and balance regulatory needs with operational reality in fast-paced environments.

• Excellent English communication skills, capable of explaining complex financial topics to diverse audiences.

• Resident in or willing to relocate to Lithuania to serve as an Airwallex LT-employee.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience managing safeguarding or client money regimes, such as Bank of Lithuania requirements, EU EMI/PI safeguarding, or equivalent international frameworks.

• Knowledge of capital adequacy, own funds calculations, and liquidity monitoring within regulated financial entity frameworks.

• Familiarity with EU e-money and payments regulations, including PSD2, PSD3, the E-Money Directive, and local standards like Bank of Lithuania Resolution No. 247.

• Technical proficiency in SQL, Python, or R, alongside experience using tools such as Hex, Databricks, Claude to automate reporting and reconciliations.

• A background in cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Treasury, Product, Financial Partnerships, and Compliance teams to implement process changes and control policies.

• A deep interest in regulated financial infrastructure, supported by a working understanding of banking products, financial markets, and accounting.

• The ability to thrive in high-standard, fast-paced environments with a focus on ownership, institutional financial soundness, and the integrity of client funds.

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), 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. 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.

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.