Team Lead — Compliance Monitoring, Assurance & Testing (CMAT)

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Company

Binance operates a regulated ADGM business subject to FSRA rulebooks and applicable UAE federal requirements.

What you will do

• Own and maintain a risk-based annual Compliance Monitoring & Assurance Plan.
• Design and execute control testing across AML/CFT, sanctions, market abuse, client-asset safeguarding, complaints, outsourcing, and technology governance.
• Run full-cycle assurance activities, including scoping, walkthroughs, sampling, testing, root-cause analysis, findings assessment, remediation tracking, and closure validation.
• Prepare board-ready reports, present results to risk and compliance committees, and escalate overdue or high-risk issues.
• Test CDD/EDD, KYC onboarding, PEP and sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, SAR/STR escalation, targeted financial sanctions, and asset-freeze controls.
• Lead and develop the assurance team while improving monitoring through automation, data analytics, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in compliance, assurance, internal audit, or regulatory supervision within financial services, fintech, or preferably crypto/VASP environments.
• 3+ years leading teams or workstreams in a second-line or audit function.
• Strong knowledge of ADGM FSRA rulebooks and the UAE AML/CFT landscape; comparable MAS, HKMA, FCA, or DIFC/DFSA experience is considered.
• Proven experience designing and executing risk-based compliance monitoring and testing programmes.
• Deep expertise in AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial-crime control testing.
• Excellent written and verbal English, with strong report-writing and stakeholder-presentation skills.

Nice to have

• CAMS, CGSS, CRMA, CIA, ACCA/ACA, ICA, or equivalent certification.
• Experience in a regulated crypto/VASP or high-growth fintech environment.
• Data analytics, SQL, or audit-automation tooling skills.
• Arabic language proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Second-line leadership role with direct exposure to senior management, risk and compliance committees, the Board, and the FSRA.
• Work focused on professional scepticism, integrity, disciplined testing, and evidence-based regulatory oversight.
• Responsibility for building and mentoring a high-performing assurance team.
• Opportunity to drive automation and data analytics across compliance monitoring.