Sanctions & CTF Investigator (1 Year Contractor) - MENA

About the role

Binance is looking for an experienced Sanctions & CTF Investigator to join its Compliance team. The role focuses on in-depth investigations into sanctions exposure and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) activity across Binance's global platform. It is a 1-year contractor position.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end investigations into sanctions-related alerts, CTF suspicions and high-risk activity flagged through transaction monitoring or referrals.
• Perform blockchain tracing and on-chain analysis to identify fund flows, wallet attribution and links to sanctioned entities or terrorist financing networks.
• Investigate cases involving OFAC, UN, EU and other global sanctions lists, applying the appropriate jurisdictional knowledge.
• Prepare clear, accurate and well-evidenced investigation reports, including SAR/STR filings where required.
• Manage an assigned caseload within defined SLAs, prioritise effectively and maintain accurate case records.
• Carry out open-source research (OSINT) to enrich investigations and identify connections to sanctioned parties, terrorist organisations or illicit networks.
• Support client off-boarding processes for cases involving confirmed or suspected sanctions exposure.
• Ensure all investigative activity complies with Binance's Global Sanctions Policy and CTF compliance frameworks, and escalate recommendations for process improvements.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in sanctions, CTF or financial crime investigations in a crypto or financial services environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Law, Criminal Justice, Computer Science or a related field.
• Ability to work comfortably in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with competing priorities.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic or TRM Labs.
• Strong knowledge of global sanctions frameworks (OFAC, UN, EU, UK) and CTF regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability to produce clear, defensible written outputs including SARs/STRs.
• Experience with sanctions screening platforms (e.g. World-Check, ComplyAdvantage, Actimize) is an advantage.
• Nice to have: CAMS or CGSS certification, prior experience in law enforcement, an FIU or a regulatory body, OSINT tool experience, and knowledge of DeFi and cross-chain crypto financial crime typologies.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the role and team).
• A flat, user-centric global organisation with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.