Sanctions Escalations Analyst - APAC

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by over 230 million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

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.

Requirements

• 2+ 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 a plus.
• Bilingual English/Mandarin 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.
• Experience with stakeholder management is an advantage.