Global Sanctions Governance Specialist - London

🧾 Job Title:

Global Sanctions Governance Specialist

📍 Location: Remote – London, England, United Kingdom

💼 Job Type: Full-time

🔒 Domain: Financial Crime Compliance (FCC)

🏢 Company: Binance – The world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange

🎯 Role Overview

This senior-level position is part of Binance's Sanctions Compliance team, with a focus on governance, monitoring frameworks, and stakeholder management. You’ll lead the second line of defense efforts for Sanctions and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) risks globally, working across teams, regulators, and jurisdictions.

📌 Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and oversee sanctions/CTF monitoring and testing frameworks
• Analyze and evaluate compliance risks related to business activities
• Deliver advisory input to internal stakeholders, especially in high-stakes regulatory matters
• Horizon scan for regulatory changes affecting global compliance strategy
• Lead FCC risk assessments tied to policies, systems, and business expansion
• Represent Binance in interactions with auditors, regulators, industry bodies
• Manage or support strategic projects, ensuring compliance deliverables are on time and high-quality
• Provide thought leadership, share knowledge, and improve team capabilities

✅ Role Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in international compliance/FCC
• Minimum of 10 years in sanctions/CTF risk monitoring & testing
• Degree from a recognized university (law, finance, business preferred)
• ACAMS/ACFCS certification preferred (or equivalent)
• Deep knowledge of banking systems, processes, and regulatory expectations
• Strong project leadership, writing, and analytical skills
• Expertise in stakeholder engagement, internal and external
• Ability to explain complex risk concepts clearly to non-specialist audiences
• Must align with Binance’s values and exhibit integrity and initiative

🧠 Ideal Candidate Profile

A great fit would be someone who:

• Has hands-on experience designing sanctions governance in a complex financial organization (preferably crypto, fintech, or international banking)
• Can work autonomously while coordinating cross-border compliance teams
• Has successfully led audits, regulatory exams, or cross-functional FCC programs
• Is confident challenging existing systems and practices and offering practical alternatives
• Understands blockchain and digital asset risk exposure (a plus)

🌍 Why Binance?

• Work with a global, flat-structured team of top-tier talent
• Own impactful projects at the frontier of crypto compliance
• High autonomy + fast growth + real-world responsibility
• Work-from-home flexibility
• Competitive compensation & benefits