Sanctions & CTF Investigator

About the role

This role focuses on the governance of incidents and issues, requiring coordination with compliance operations, product, and technology teams to pinpoint root causes. The investigator will facilitate discussions, hold functional owners accountable for action plans, and ensure these plans are followed through to completion. This involves a hands-on approach to problem resolution within a dynamic environment.

A key part of the position involves process improvement and transformation. The investigator will proactively identify areas for enhancement, collaborate with stakeholders to develop creative solutions, and prioritize resources effectively to address important issues. This requires a strategic mindset focused on continuous operational refinement.

The role also includes process oversight and change control management, ensuring operational processes impacting Sanctions Compliance adhere to guidelines. This involves managing the framework for control and change, proposing necessary updates to global operational procedures, and conducting testing and tuning of compliance risk rules and system UAT before enhancements are implemented.

The salary for this position ranges from $52,000 to $88,000 annually.

Skills that matter here

• CTF Investigator: This role requires expertise in Counter-Terrorist Financing investigations to identify and address illicit financial activities.
• Sanctions Investigator: The position involves conducting investigations related to sanctions compliance to ensure adherence to global regulations.
• Compliance: A deep understanding of compliance functions is essential for managing risk rules, operational processes, and regulatory guidelines.
• Legal & Compliance: The role operates within the broader legal and compliance framework, ensuring all actions align with regulatory requirements.
• Chainalysis: Experience with crypto tools like Chainalysis is necessary for conducting effective blockchain investigations.
• Elliptic: Familiarity with Elliptic will be used to analyze blockchain data and support investigations.

Who this role suits

• You have at least six years of experience in crypto-related investigations, sanctions, or monitoring.
• You are an analytical problem-solver adept at navigating ambiguity and managing multiple assignments simultaneously.
• You are a self-starter who takes initiative, is dedicated, and creatively pursues goals, focusing on efficiency.
• You possess excellent communication skills and can effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders, exercising sound business judgment.

From the employer

Responsibilities:

• Incidents and issues Investigations Governance:
• Coordinates with stakeholders across compliance operations, product and technology teams to identify root cause of incidents and issues.
• Facilitate discussion and make functional owners accountable to action plans.
• Ensure action plans are followed through until closure.
• Process Improvement and Transformation:
• Be a problem solver, Collaborate with stakeholders to identify areas of improvement proactively and come up with creative solutions.
• Prioritize time and resources on important issues.
• Process oversight and change control management:
• Oversight operational process that impacts Sanctions Compliance.
• Manage the control and change management framework to ensure operational process changes are within Sanctions compliance guidelines and policy.
• Propose required updates and change in Sanctions Compliance Global Operational Procedure to align the process change.
• Compliance Risk Rule testing/tuning and system UAT testing:
• Ensure compliance risk rule are compliant to global policy.
• Conduct testing, tuning when change is required and conduct UAT testing before system enhancement.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in Crypto related Investigations/Sanctions/Monitoring.
• Experience with crypto tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM, etc.
• Analytical problem solver with extensive experience in compliance functions.
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment, navigate ambiguity, manage multiple assignments simultaneously, and provide clarity and structure.
• Self-starter: take initiative, be dedicated, and be creative to achieve your goals. Be laser-focused on developing tools to maximize efficiency and value.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and fully dedicated to delivering a value-add service to your business customers.
• Demonstrated abilities to ask the right questions and to use sound business judgment when collaborating with a wide-range of stakeholders.

Additional:

• Why Binance
• 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).