Binance

Runs a global cryptocurrency trading exchange

Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment - EWRA, Specialist

Regulatory Compliance & EthicsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRemote in United Arab EmiratesNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in business management, finance, or economics.
At least 5 years of experience as a compliance professional in a regulated financial services environment.
At least 2 years of direct experience in Compliance Risk and Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment implementation.
Practical AI and generative AI literacy, including prompt engineering, tool selection, output validation, and understanding model limitations and hallucination risk in a compliance context.
Familiarity with AI governance and Responsible AI principles, including bias, explainability, auditability, and model risk, and their application to compliance and risk assessment workflows.
Data literacy sufficient to interrogate, stress-test, and provide evidence for AI-generated outputs before relying on them in a risk assessment.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global organization while maintaining close contact with teams across multiple locations.
Problem-solving and communication skills to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing and implementing the global Compliance Risk Management Program to identify, assess, manage, and monitor compliance risk.
Assist with the annual Anti-Financial Crime Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment, using AI and generative AI tools where appropriate for horizon scanning, typology research, regulatory change analysis, and first-draft narrative production while maintaining methodological rigor, defensibility, and an audit trail.
Lead risk assessments of additional financial crime segments not yet integrated into the Anti-Financial Crime Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment program, including anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, transaction monitoring, and market abuse.
Work with Business Unit Compliance teams on risk assessments of new, changing, or existing products.
Work with Product, Local Entity Compliance, Central Compliance, business, and wider team stakeholders to document and maintain control inventories, regulatory adherence, and alignment with external and internal policy frameworks.
Collaborate with global stakeholders at varying levels to ensure risk assessment methodology and execution meet expectations and needs.
Support regional, business, and product teams in developing and managing policies, procedures, and processes for risk mitigation and ongoing compliance risk assurance, including building the Compliance Risk control environment.
Assist across the Compliance Risk Management framework, including Regulatory Risk Management, horizon scanning for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, regulatory perimeter analysis, and impact assessments of upcoming regulatory changes.
Embed AI-enabled techniques into Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment workstreams, including data triangulation, control mapping, and typology synthesis, with human-in-the-loop review and validated, source-traceable, defensible outputs.
Assist in developing timely, effective, and efficient management information on compliance risk insights and performance.
Produce management information and metrics for senior management on heightened-risk areas and the status of recommendations from the Anti-Financial Crime Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment.
Monitor and report Risk Appetite Statement key risk indicators on an ongoing basis, recommending action when risk levels fall outside established appetite.

Desired Qualifications

An advanced professional risk certificate, such as CAMS-RM.
Experience in the crypto industry.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

Responsibilities:

Assist efforts in the development and implementation of the global Compliance Risk Management Program, intended to identify, assess, manage and monitor Compliance Risk robustly.
Assist with the process of Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) EWRA on at least an annual basis, applying AI/GenAI tooling — where appropriate — to accelerate horizon scanning, typology research, regulatory change analysis, and first-draft narrative production, while preserving methodological rigour, defensibility, and a clear audit trail.
Lead Risk Assessment of additional Financial Crime segments that are not yet integrated into the AFC EWRA Program as required: Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Market Abuse, etc.
Liaise with the Business Unit Compliance team to participate in the risk assessment of new, changing, or existing products, i.e. Product Risk Assessments.
Work with stakeholders such as Product, Local Entity Compliance and Central Compliance teams, the business, and the wider team to document and maintain control inventories, adherence to regulatory requirements, and alignment with external and internal policy frameworks.
Collaborate with stakeholders across varying levels globally to ensure risk assessment methodology and execution meets expectations and needs.
Support the regional, business and product teams in developing and managing policies, procedures, and processes used for risk mitigation and ongoing compliance risk assurance — i.e. building out the Compliance Risk control environment.
Assist with all pillars of the developed Compliance Risk Management framework (e.g. Regulatory Risk Management), including but not limited to horizon scanning (including AML and CFT), regulatory perimeter, and impact assessments on upcoming regulatory changes.
Embed AI-enabled techniques into EWRA workstreams — including data triangulation, control mapping, and typology synthesis — under a clear human-in-the-loop review model, ensuring outputs are validated, source-traceable, and defensible to internal audit and regulators.
Assist with the development of timely, effective, and efficient management information on Compliance Risk insights and performance.
Produce MI/metrics, to be provided to senior management on a continuous basis, outlining areas of heightened risk and status of recommendations from the AFC EWRA exercise.
Monitor and report RAS KRIs on an ongoing basis, with clear recommendations where risk levels are outside the set appetite.

Requirements:

Degree in business management, finance, or economics.

Advanced professional risk certificate is preferred (e.g. CAMS-RM).

5+ years as a compliance professional in a regulated financial services environment; Crypto industry experience is preferred.

2+ years of direct experience in Compliance Risk and EWRA implementation.

Practical AI and GenAI literacy — including prompt engineering, tool selection, output validation, and a clear-eyed understanding of model limitations and hallucination risk in a compliance context.

Familiarity with AI governance and Responsible AI principles — bias, explainability, auditability, and model risk — and how these apply to their use in compliance and risk assessment workflows.

Data literacy sufficient to interrogate, stress-test, and evidence AI-generated outputs before they are relied upon in a risk assessment.

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global organisation while maintaining close contact with relevant teams across multiple locations.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts in a format digestible by a diverse audience.

Proactive, diligent team player.

Why Binance

Shape the future of finance
Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
Competitive salary and company benefits
Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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About the Company

Binance

Runs a global cryptocurrency trading exchange

Binance runs a cryptocurrency exchange for individual traders and institutions, with markets for buying digital assets outright and trading contracts tied to their prices. Its platform combines spot trading with margin, futures, and options tools, letting users manage several trading strategies through a single account. Customers also buy crypto using supported payment methods, track market prices, and manage portfolios through its website and mobile app. Binance earns trading fees, with rates based on trading volume, account tier, and the type of transaction, and runs research and education services for people learning about digital assets. The business launched in July 2017.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding: $2B
Headquarters: Decentralised
Founded: 2017

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