Binance is hiring a
Financial Crime & Sanctions Escalations Analyst

Summary

The job is for a Financial Crime Compliance professional in Binance's Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance team. The role involves risk assessment, providing advice to stakeholders, and reviewing FCC/Sanctions/AB&C related risk profiles. The requirements include relevant experience, knowledge of banking business, university degree, certifications, fluency in English and Arabic, strong analytical skills, good communication skills, ability to work under tight timelines, confidence, result-driven attitude, experience with stakeholder management, and flexibility.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience in financial crime or sanctions compliance
• Knowledge of banking business, processes, procedures and systems
• Experience in startup or fintech industry is a plus
• University degree
• ACAMS or ACFCS certification is preferred
• Fluency in both English and Arabic is necessary for this role
• Strong analytical and writing skills, and sound judgment
• You are a good communicator verbally and in writing, being able to convey complex ideas clearly
• You are able to work under tight timeline and prioritize work independently
• You are confident, result driven and seek to find innovative and new creative solutions
• Experience with stakeholder management

Responsibilities

• Subject Matter Expertise of financial crime compliance incl. risks, controls, industry best practice and regulatory requirements
• Act as L2 Compliance to receive name screening alerts of PEP, Adverse Media and Sanctions that cannot be resolved by L1 Operations
• Conduct Open Sourced Intelligence Research
• Provide actionable advice to stakeholders on how to effectively manage financial crime, sanctions and AB&C related risks and keep them informed of developments in this area
• Critically evaluates processes for identifying, documenting and assessing compliance risks associated with Binance's activities, providing advice and challenge as appropriate
• Review FCC/Sanctions/AB&C related risk profiles escalated from internal teams, assessing their impact on internal projects, policies, procedures, processes and systems

Benefits

• Be a part of the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem that continues to grow and offers excellent career development opportunities
• Work alongside diverse, world-class talent in an environment where learning and growth opportunities are endless
• Tackle fast-paced, challenging and unique projects
• Work in a truly global organization, with international teams and a flat organizational structure
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible working hours, remote-first, and casual work attire