Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange and fintech platform offering access to digital-asset markets and related services. Its products include Spot, Margin, and Futures trading, peer-to-peer crypto transactions, Binance Earn, and an NFT marketplace. The platform supports trading across hundreds of cryptocurrencies and serves users internationally, making Binance a notable employer for professionals interested in crypto, financial technology, trading infrastructure, and digital-asset products.
Senior Compliance Monitoring & Assurance Team Lead – UAE Remote
Lead Binance’s ADGM compliance monitoring and assurance program from the UAE in a remote role. Oversee risk-based testing of AML/CFT, market conduct, client-asset, and prudential controls against FSRA requirements.
Description
- Own the annual risk-based Compliance Monitoring & Assurance Plan (CMAP)
- Design and perform control testing across AML/CFT, sanctions, market abuse, client-asset protection, complaints, outsourcing, and technology and cyber governance
- Manage assurance work from initial scoping through validation of completed remediation
- Conduct thematic reviews based on FSRA supervisory priorities
- Map monitoring activity to FSRA AML/CFT, COBS, GEN, PRU, and Virtual Asset framework requirements
- Support the Compliance Officer and MLRO within FSRA’s risk-based supervision framework
- Maintain evidence records for FSRA requests, inspections, and thematic reviews
- Track regulatory developments and revise the monitoring plan accordingly
- Prepare board-level assurance reports covering quantified findings, severity assessments, and management actions
- Manage issues and monitor remediation progress
- Present findings to risk and compliance committees and, when required, the Board or Audit Committee
- Coordinate with Internal Audit and external auditors
- Test CDD and EDD, KYC onboarding, periodic reviews, PEP and sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and SAR/STR escalation
- Evaluate suspicious-activity detection and reporting, including the quality of FIU-UAE submissions
- Validate targeted financial-sanctions and asset-freeze controls
- Recruit, develop, and lead the assurance team
- Establish testing standards, conduct quality reviews, and mentor team members
- Allocate resources and deliver work against agreed SLAs
- Keep CMAT policies, methodologies, and records at an auditable standard
- Advance automation and data-analytics capabilities
- Apply lessons learned to first- and second-line processes and training
Requirements
- Bring 7–10 or more years of compliance, assurance, internal audit, or regulatory-supervision experience in financial services, fintech, or preferably crypto and VASP environments
- Have at least 3 years of experience leading teams or workstreams in a second-line or audit function
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of ADGM FSRA rulebooks and the UAE AML/CFT environment; comparable MAS, HKMA, FCA, or DIFC/DFSA experience is also relevant
- Show a track record of building and delivering risk-based compliance monitoring and testing programs
- Offer substantial experience testing AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial-crime controls
- Communicate fluently in written and spoken English, with strong reporting and stakeholder-presentation abilities
- Hold or be working toward a relevant certification such as CAMS, CGSS, CRMA, CIA, ACCA/ACA, ICA, or an equivalent credential
- Have experience in a regulated crypto/VASP business or high-growth fintech, preferably
- Bring skills in data analytics, SQL, or audit-automation tools, preferably
- Arabic proficiency is helpful but not required
Benefits
- The posting does not specify benefits, perks, or additional compensation