Risk Manager, Payments (Kazakhstan)

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana; remote work

Company

Binance is a global blockchain ecosystem offering cryptocurrency trading, finance, payments, institutional services, education, research, and Web3 products.

What you will do

• Design and maintain the risk management framework for the local licensed payment business, including policies, procedures, risk appetite, limits, and key risk indicators.
• Identify and monitor operational, liquidity, currency, counterparty, fraud, outsourcing, information security, and compliance risks.
• Monitor prudential norms, capital adequacy, liquidity, and open currency position limits, escalating breaches and early warning signals.
• Assess partner banks, counterparties, new products, services, and material changes, including digital-asset initiatives.
• Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis, maintain incident and loss-event records, and oversee business continuity and operational resilience.
• Prepare reports for the Board, senior management, NBK, and AFSA, and support audits, inspections, and collaboration with global risk teams.

Requirements

• Degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or a related field; FRM, PRM, or CFA certification is advantageous.
• 5+ years of risk management experience in a bank, payment organisation, fintech company, or other regulated financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of NBK requirements, international risk standards, Basel principles, COSO, and ISO 31000; AIFC/AFSA knowledge is advantageous.
• Experience building risk functions, policies, risk registers, risk appetite frameworks, board reporting, and regulatory reporting.
• Hands-on experience with operational, liquidity, currency, and counterparty risk, including limit setting and monitoring.
• Fluent Russian and English are required; Kazakh is strongly preferred. Advanced Excel is required; SQL or Python is advantageous.

Nice to have

• Experience with crypto, digital assets, or e-money.
• Professional certification such as FRM, PRM, or CFA.
• Knowledge of the AIFC/AFSA regulatory framework.
• SQL or Python experience.
• Kazakh language proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Work-from-home arrangement, subject to the nature of the business team.
• Global collaboration with cross-functional and risk teams.
• Autonomous work on fast-paced, innovative projects.
• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.