Remote Sanctions Investigations Lead

Binance; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 446,000 - 714,000; Full time

Job summary

Binance is seeking a senior Investigations Leader to own end-to-end sanctions investigations, evidence packs, and disposition documentation. You will guide throughput, triage, and capacity planning while collaborating with regulators and external auditors.

You will build SOPs, playbooks, and escalation protocols, while driving process improvements and AI-assisted workflows to reduce false positives and improve efficiency across time zones.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of sanctions or financial crime investigations in crypto/finance.
• Direct people leadership including performance management and coaching.
• Experience building SOPs, playbooks, and escalation protocols.
• Familiarity with regulatory exams, audits, or independent reviews and evidence packs.
• Experience driving process improvements to reduce false positives and cycle time.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis/Elliptic/TRM Labs).
• Strong knowledge of global sanctions regimes (OFAC/UN/EU/UK) and CTF requirements.
• Experience with sanctions reporting obligations beyond SARs/STRs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end investigation quality: scoping, evidence standards, narrative quality, and disposition documentation.
• Act as escalation point for complex or high-value matters; endorse dispositions.
• Ensure dispositions are defensible under sanctions regimes and audit requirements.

Skills

Sanctions investigations

People leadership

SOPs & playbooks

Regulatory audits

Process improvement

Blockchain analytics tools

Sanctions frameworks

Reporting obligations

Education

Finance, Law, Criminal Justice, CS degree

Tools

Chainalysis

Elliptic

TRM Labs

Job description

Binance is seeking a senior Investigations Leader to own end-to-end sanctions investigations, evidence packs, and disposition documentation. You will guide throughput, triage, and capacity planning while collaborating with regulators and external auditors.

You will build SOPs, playbooks, and escalation protocols, while driving process improvements and AI-assisted workflows to reduce false positives and improve efficiency across time zones.