Remote Global Financial Crime Counsel: Sanctions & AML Lead

Binance; Hong Kong; Remote; HKD 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Competitive salary

Global exposure

Job summary

Binance in Hong Kong seeks a Senior Global Financial Crime Counsel to lead the legal strategy across sanctions, AML/CFT, ABC, fraud, and market integrity. You will advise on risks, engage regulators worldwide, and guide internal teams on complex financial crime matters in a fast-moving crypto ecosystem.

The role requires deep expertise across jurisdictions, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage external counsel and regulatory inquiries while shaping Binance's global compliance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience specialising in financial crime law (sanctions, AML/CFT, ABC).
• Proven experience engaging with regulators and law enforcement (OFAC, FinCEN, FCA, DOJ).
• Strong knowledge of financial crime risks in complex financial products, including digital assets, payments, and trading.
• Exceptional communicator able to translate risk for senior management and non-legal stakeholders.
• Ability to work across jurisdictions with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead legal counsel and subject matter expert across financial crime disciplines.
• Provide authoritative legal advice on risks from Binance's products and services across jurisdictions.
• Act as primary liaison with regulators, law enforcement, and FIUs on financial crime matters.
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and voluntary self-disclosures.
• Advise on sanctions matters including license applications and SDN screening.
• Collaborate with compliance, investigations, and transaction monitoring teams to mitigate risks.
• Review financial crime implications of new products and partnerships; embed risk in go-to-market processes.
• Oversee external counsel on financial crime matters globally.
• Develop and maintain financial crime policies, frameworks, and guidance.

Skills

Regulatory engagement

Financial crime

Cross-border collaboration

Communication

Business judgment

Job description

Binance in Hong Kong seeks a Senior Global Financial Crime Counsel to lead the legal strategy across sanctions, AML/CFT, ABC, fraud, and market integrity. You will advise on risks, engage regulators worldwide, and guide internal teams on complex financial crime matters in a fast-moving crypto ecosystem.

The role requires deep expertise across jurisdictions, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage external counsel and regulatory inquiries while shaping Binance's global compliance