Compliance Officer, Payments (Kazakhstan)

Binance operates the world's largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and user base, serving over 300 million people across more than 100 countries. The platform is known for robust security infrastructure, transparent fund management, high-speed trading capabilities, and a broad range of digital asset products. Beyond trading, Binance offers finance solutions, educational resources, institutional services, Web3 features, and payment infrastructure—all designed to democratize financial access globally through blockchain technology.

The company is expanding its licensed payment business into Kazakhstan and the CIS region, and they need a Compliance Officer to establish and lead an independent compliance function for this local operation. You'll be responsible for ensuring the payment business meets Kazakhstan's legislation, AIFC regulatory requirements, and Binance's internal standards.

Your core responsibilities will include

• Build and maintain the Compliance Risk Management Framework, identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting on compliance risks across the business
• Develop, implement and maintain compliance policies, procedures and controls tailored to the local payment operation
• Conduct periodic compliance monitoring reviews and stay current with regulatory developments to coordinate necessary implementation changes
• Oversee AML/CFT/CPF compliance and financial crime monitoring, including sanctions screening and reporting suspicious and threshold transactions to authorities
• Review new products, services and material business changes for compliance implications before launch
• Investigate suspected compliance breaches and employee misconduct within your function's scope
• Provide compliance guidance to management and staff, plus develop and deliver training that strengthens compliance culture
• Maintain detailed compliance risk registers, monitoring records and management information for senior leadership and Board reporting
• Cooperate closely with regulators, internal audit, risk management, legal, AML, information security and other control functions

To succeed in this role, you need a law, finance, or economics degree plus 5+ years of compliance experience at a bank, payment organisation, fintech, or other regulated financial institution. You must have deep knowledge of Kazakhstan payment legislation, NBK requirements for payment organisations, and AML/CFT obligations. Experience with international sanctions regimes and financial crime practices is essential. Building or developing compliance functions from the ground up, interacting with regulators through inspections and audits, and reporting to boards are critical. Crypto or digital asset experience is advantageous. You must be eligible to pass fit-and-proper assessments for regulated roles. Fluent Russian and English are required; Kazakh is strongly preferred. You'll work independently and across global teams in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications like ICA or ACAMS/CAMS
• Knowledge of the AIFC/AFSA regulatory framework
• Previous experience in crypto, digital assets or e-money sectors

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to shape the future of blockchain and payments in a growing market
• Flat organizational structure enabling direct impact and autonomy
• Fast-paced, results-driven environment with continuous learning opportunities