Sanctions Investigator (1 year contractor)-APAC

Location: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, or Taiwan; remote-first, work-from-home arrangement may vary depending on the nature of the role and team.

Company

Binance operates a global blockchain ecosystem offering cryptocurrency trading, finance, payments, institutional services, education, research, and digital-asset products.

What you will do

• Conduct end-to-end investigations into sanctions alerts, counter-terrorism financing suspicions, and high-risk activity identified 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 relevant jurisdictional knowledge.
• Prepare clear, accurate, well-evidenced investigation reports, including SAR/STR filings where required.
• Manage an assigned caseload within defined SLAs, conduct OSINT research, maintain case records, and support client off-boarding for confirmed or suspected sanctions exposure.
• Identify process gaps and control weaknesses, escalate improvement recommendations, and ensure investigations follow global sanctions and CTF compliance frameworks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in sanctions investigations, CTF investigations, or financial crime investigations in a crypto or financial services environment.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs, or equivalent.
• Strong working knowledge of global sanctions frameworks, including OFAC, UN, EU, and UK, and CTF regulatory requirements.
• Experience conducting complex, multi-source investigations and producing clear, defensible written outputs, including SARs/STRs.
• Experience with sanctions screening platforms such as World-Check, ComplyAdvantage, or Actimize is an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Criminal Justice, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills, with the ability to connect disparate data points and form well-reasoned conclusions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; investigation reports must be audit-ready and regulator-facing.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with competing priorities.

Nice to have

• CAMS, CGSS, or equivalent professional certification.
• Prior experience in law enforcement, an FIU, or a regulatory body.
• Experience with OSINT tools and open-source investigative techniques.
• Knowledge of DeFi, cross-chain activity, and emerging crypto financial crime typologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement, subject to the nature of the role and team.
• Work in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure and world-class talent.
• Fast-paced, innovative, results-driven environment with autonomy.
• Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary and company benefits.