Financial Crime & Sanctions Escalations Analyst - MENA

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 ABC 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/ ABC related risk profiles escalated from internal teams, assessing their impact on internal projects, policies, procedures, processes and systems.

Requirements

• 3+ 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 preferred.
• Fluency in both English and Arabic is necessary for this role.
• 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.

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