Senior Accountant, Americas

About Airwallex Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 676,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own. We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full. 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 This role will be a key member of the Airwallex Americas regional team. As the Senior Accountant, Americas, 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 play a pivotal role in ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, maintaining strong governance and compliance standards, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams such as Product, Revenue Operations, Regulatory Compliance 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 global environment and is excited to build and scale the finance function of a hyper-growth fintech. This role is based in San Francisco. Responsibilities: Use company provided AI tools to drive controllership improvement initiatives across the Americas—including process standardization, automation, documentation, and operational efficiency projects. Review and prepare monthly financial closing activities for AMER entities working in close 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, regulatory fillings, and manage relationship with external auditors and third parties. 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. 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 closely 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 are not mandatory. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field. 5+ years of finance or accounting experience. Strong knowledge of US GAAP, technical accounti