Sanctions Escalations Analyst

Summary

Join Binance, a leading global blockchain ecosystem, and become a key player in our Financial Crime Compliance team. You will leverage your subject matter expertise to analyze and resolve complex compliance issues, conduct open-source intelligence research, and provide actionable advice to stakeholders. This role requires a deep understanding of financial crime compliance, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption regulations. You will critically evaluate processes and provide recommendations for improvement. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and communication skills, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is adept at stakeholder management. Binance offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to shape the future of blockchain technology.

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant experience in financial crime or sanctions compliance
• Knowledge of banking business, processes, procedures and systems
• University degree
• Fluency in English is required to be able to coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders
• Strong analytical and writing skills, and sound judgment
• You are a good communicator verbally and in writing, being able to convey complex
• 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

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, be able to conduct risk assessment of potential true positives and present findings to senior compliance stakeholders
• As part of a team, 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in startup or fintech industry is a plus
• ACAMS or ACFCS certification is a plus
• Additional languages would be an advantage
• Experience with stakeholder management is an advantage

Benefits

• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)