Associate Director, Strategic Finance

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance, you will operate as a senior leader within the team, owning critical parts of Airwallex’s financial strategy and influencing company-wide decision-making. This is a highly visible role with direct exposure to executive leadership, where you will shape strategic direction, drive financial rigor, and ensure alignment between long-term vision and near-term execution. You will lead complex, high-impact initiatives across planning, performance management, and corporate strategy—bringing structure to ambiguity and driving clarity in decision-making. Beyond analysis, you will play a key role in influencing outcomes, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring disciplined execution across the organization. You are both a strategic thinker and an operator: equally comfortable building detailed financial models, crafting executive narratives, and leading cross-functional initiatives. You bring strong business judgment, a bias for action, and the ability to scale impact through others.

Responsibilities

Own and lead strategic financial planning processes, including long-range planning, annual budgeting, and forecasting across business units; Drive company-level financial insights and narratives, shaping materials for board meetings, investor communications, and executive decision-making; Lead capital strategy and capital allocation decisions, ensuring resources are deployed effectively against the company’s highest priorities; Partner with senior leadership (Product, GTM, Operations) to evaluate and influence major strategic initiatives such as new market entry, product investments, pricing strategies, and partnerships; Oversee business performance analysis, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities while ensuring accountability against targets; Build, mentor, and scale talent within the Strategic Finance function, raising the bar on analytical rigor, strategic thinking, and execution; Drive cross-functional initiatives that improve financial visibility, operational efficiency, and decision-making frameworks across the company; Enhance finance infrastructure, including reporting systems, tools, and processes to support a global, scaling organization

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, or a related field; 8+ years of experience across strategic finance, management consulting, investment banking, or private equity; Proven experience operating at a senior level, influencing executives and driving company-wide initiatives; Advanced financial modeling skills with the ability to design and own complex models that inform critical decisions; Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving ability, with a track record of navigating ambiguity and delivering outcomes; Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership or boards; Demonstrated leadership experience, including mentoring team members and leading cross-functional workstreams; Strong commercial acumen and deep understanding of business performance drivers in a scaling company

Nice to have

Experience in high-growth environments, ideally within the Technology space; Have worked in top-tier management consulting, investment banking, or private equity firms; Experience with capital markets, fundraising, or IPO readiness; Familiarity with SQL, business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau), and/or working with large, complex datasets across functions and regions