Risk

Global Lead of Financial Risk

Airwallex

Job at a glance

Salary
€160k - €240k (est.)
Country
Netherlands
Specialism
Credit Risk
Employment type
Full Time
Published
2026-05-21

About the role

Strategic leadership role at a high-growth global fintech, responsible for establishing and leading the global second-line Financial Risk function across credit, liquidity, capital, market, and model risk.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Establish the global Financial Risk framework, defining standards, policies, limits, and escalation paths to support safe business growth.
  • Provide second-line oversight for credit risk, including global underwriting standards, governance, and decisions on complex exposures.
  • Direct the firm’s liquidity and capital resilience agenda, overseeing ICAAP, ILAAP, and enterprise-wide stress testing scenarios.
  • Institutionalize model governance and independent validation across risk, pricing, forecasting, and automated decisioning models.
  • Lead and scale a high-performing global team while acting as a trusted advisor to senior management, boards, and regulators.
Requirements:
  • 12-15+ years of experience in financial risk management within regulated banks, fintechs, or payments companies.
  • Proven track record in senior leadership roles (5-7+ years) with multi-jurisdictional or global scope.
  • Deep technical expertise in core risk disciplines: credit, liquidity, capital adequacy, and model risk.
  • Direct experience developing or overseeing prudential frameworks such as ICAAP and ILAAP.
  • Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Finance, Engineering, Actuarial Science); CFA or FRM credentials preferred.

Skills and specialisms

  • Credit Risk
  • Liquidity Risk
  • ICAAP
  • ILAAP
  • Stress Testing
  • Model Governance
  • Risk

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* Salaries marked with (est.) are calculated from industry benchmarks, historical data, and collective labor agreements (CAO) for this seniority level in the Netherlands.

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