Risk Manager, Payments (Kazakhstan)

Location: Kazakhstan; remote-first, work-from-home arrangement

Company

Binance is a global blockchain ecosystem providing cryptocurrency trading, financial, payment, institutional, education, and research products.

What you will do

• Design and maintain the risk management framework for the local licensed payment business, including policies, procedures, and the three lines of defence model.
• Develop risk appetite statements, limits, key risk indicators, risk registers, and ongoing monitoring processes.
• Assess operational, liquidity, currency, counterparty, fraud, outsourcing, information security, and compliance risks.
• Monitor prudential norms, capital adequacy, liquidity, and open currency position limits; conduct stress testing and scenario analysis.
• Assess new products and material changes, including digital-asset activities, and provide risk opinions to management.
• Prepare board, management, and regulatory reports; support audits, inspections, business continuity, and operational resilience activities.

Requirements

• Degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or a related field; FRM, PRM, or CFA certification is an advantage.
• At least 5 years of risk management experience in a bank, payment organisation, fintech company, or other regulated financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of NBK prudential and risk management requirements, Basel principles, COSO, and ISO 31000.
• Experience building risk functions, setting and monitoring limits, preparing board and regulatory reports, and supporting inspections and audits.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel; SQL or Python is an advantage.
• Fluent Russian and English required; Kazakh strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the AIFC/AFSA regulatory framework.
• Experience in crypto, digital assets, or e-money.
• FRM, PRM, or CFA certification.
• SQL or Python experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement, subject to the nature of the role and team.
• Work with global risk, compliance, finance, technology, and operations teams.
• Autonomous work in a fast-moving, results-driven environment.
• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Career growth and continuous learning opportunities.