AML/CTF Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA) Specialist - London, England, United Kingdom

🔎 Position Overview

Title: AML/CTF EWRA Specialist

Location: Remote – Based in London, UK

Focus: Risk assessments, compliance risk frameworks, AML/CTF strategy, internal controls, regulatory horizon scanning.

📌 Key Responsibilities

✅ Compliance Risk Management

• Contribute to the global Compliance Risk Management Program.
• Lead the Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA) for AML/CTF and adjacent areas (Sanctions, Market Abuse, Anti-Bribery & Corruption).

📊 Assessment & Reporting

• Conduct ongoing risk assessments across new and existing products, markets, and regions.
• Build and maintain control inventories and compliance documentation.

🧩 Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with business, regional, and product teams to implement and assess controls.
• Collaborate on policy/procedure creation that mitigates compliance risk.

📈 Metrics & Insights

• Generate and maintain management information (MI) and risk indicators (KRIs).
• Regularly report on risk appetite performance, highlight out-of-bound risk levels, and recommend adjustments.

✅ Requirements

🎓 Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Economics.
• Professional risk certification preferred (e.g., CAMS-RM, ICA, CRCM).

🧠 Experience

• 5+ years of compliance experience in regulated financial institutions.
• 2+ years specifically in compliance risk or EWRA frameworks.
• Experience working with global stakeholders and regulatory requirements.

🛠️ Skills

• Strong grasp of AML/CTF frameworks, risk appetite settings, and control monitoring.
• Excellent communicator, capable of translating technical risk analysis for leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Proactive, self-directed, and able to function effectively in a fast-paced, cross-border environment.

🚀 Why This Role Matters

Binance continues to strengthen its regulatory posture globally, and this role is key to:

• Building a compliance-first culture across business lines.
• Conducting robust risk assessments that inform Binance’s regulatory strategy and internal controls.
• Bridging the gap between policy, product, and regional compliance enforcement.