Regional Sanctions Officer, Europe

Responsibilities

• Subject Matter Expertise of financial crime compliance, specifically in relation to sanctions, ABC & CTF including risks, controls, industry best practice and regulatory requirements;
• Be part of a growing dynamic agile team, provide actionable advice to stakeholders pan Binance on how to effectively manage sanctions, ABC & CTF related risks and keeps them informed of developments in this area;
• Critically evaluate processes for identifying, documenting and assessing compliance risks associated with Binance's activities, providing advice and challenge as appropriate;
• Pro-actively ensure that Binance's entities and employees effectively investigate, mitigate, and/or promptly remediate, any identified compliance issues, in line with policy and regulatory requirements;
• Horizon scans for regulatory and internal developments, that affect Binance globally;
• Contribute and participates in internal and industry wide knowledge management initiatives, fostering the exchange of knowledge on evolving regulations, risk typologies etc., in order to better and deepen sanctions, ABC & CTF knowledge;
• Maintains and manage interactions with various stakeholders, balancing and navigating competing interests, to ensure common goals are achieved and sanctions and ABC matters are always dealt with effectively and efficiently;
• Possess good project management skills;
• Confidently raise challenge, providing different perspectives, whilst at the same time maintaining and building professional relationships;
• The team works closely with key internal stakeholders, in an environment which provides a global overview on how sanctions, ABC & CTF requirements and controls are embedded within the business. There are also opportunities to manage relationships with external stakeholders.

Requirements

• 6+ years of proven experience in the (international) compliance / financial crime compliance domain, specifically in relation to sanctions, ABC & CTF
• In depth knowledge of EU sanctions would be preferred
• Knowledge of banking, payment & crypto business, processes, procedures and systems
• University degree
• ACAMS or ACFCS certification is preferred
• Fluent in English and French is highly desired
• Strong analytical and writing skills, and sound judgement
• You understand the business and have strong professional knowledge of the broader FCC domain, the related processes, technology and developments in the field
• Experience in strategic initiatives and FCC oversight
• Ability to work across functional and geographic lines
• You are pragmatic and energetic
• Learning agility as well as a critical and innovative mindset
• You have natural authority and at the same time you inspire, motivate and help others to succeed
• You are people-focused; connecting and interacting with others is something that comes naturally to you
• You are a good communicator verbally and in writing, being able to convey complex messages in a simple way to bring an understanding to “why” change is required to achieve effective management of sanctions,ABC & CTF risks
• You are experience with stakeholder management
• You are confident, result driven and seek to find innovative and new creative solutions
• Furthermore, you adhere to the Binance values and it is evident for you that your behaviour is fully aligned with these values.