Binance is hiring a MLRO - Pakistan in Legal & Compliance — Pakistan, Islamabad. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on jobs.lever.co: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products.
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day scope for the MLRO - Pakistan as described in the posting:
The listing frames the MLRO - Pakistan at Binance as a hands-on product role. The role will be responsible for building and maintaining the local AML/CFT, KYC, sanctions and regulatory compliance framework, with a strong focus on Pakistan’s financial crime regulatory environment and virtual asset requirements set out by the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (“PVARA”).
- Develop, implement and maintain the Pakistan compliance programme, covering AML/CFT, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and regulatory governance.
- Act as the local MLRO/primary financial crime compliance point of contact for the Pakistan entity, including oversight of suspicious transaction identification, escalation and reporting.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Pakistan laws, regulations and regulatory expectations, including AML/CFT requirements, FMU reporting obligations, sanctions requirements, and any PVARA VASP licensing conditions.
- Support the PVARA licensing process or ongoing licence obligations, including preparation of policies, procedures, regulatory submissions, governance documents and responses to regulatory queries.
- Liaise with relevant Pakistani regulatory and law enforcement stakeholders and competent authorities.
- Conduct enterprise-wide and product-level AML/CFT risk assessments, identifying control gaps and recommending practical remediation plans.
- Work closely with global and regional compliance, legal, investigations, sanctions, onboarding and product teams to ensure Pakistan requirements are properly embedded into Binance’s global control framework.
- Provide compliance advice on new products, customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, local partnerships and operational changes impacting the Pakistan business.
- Deliver training to local staff on AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, suspicious activity reporting, regulatory expectations and compliance culture.
- Drive continuous improvement of the local compliance framework, ensuring it remains effective, scalable and suitable for a fast-moving fintech / virtual assets environment.
Requirements
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business, Accounting, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in AML/CFT, compliance, financial crime, regulatory affairs or MLRO-type roles, ideally within Pakistan’s financial services, fintech, payments, banking, brokerage, EMI, crypto or virtual assets sector.
- Strong understanding of Pakistan’s AML/CFT framework, including KYC/CDD, STR/CTR reporting, sanctions compliance, transaction monitoring and regulatory engagement.
- Familiarity with Pakistani regulators and authorities, including relevant law enforcement or supervisory bodies.
- Experience supporting licensing, regulatory inspections, audits, policy development or compliance programme implementation.
- Prior experience in a start-up, fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, or high-growth technology business is strongly preferred.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with regulators, senior management, global teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex regulatory and financial crime matters clearly and practically.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a hands-on approach to identifying, managing and remediating compliance risks.
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA, ACAMS, CFE or equivalent would be an advantage.
Why Binance
- Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
- Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
- Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
- Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
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