Risk Analyst (SQL), Fraud Prevention

As a Risk Analyst at Binance, you monitor and analyze fraud risk across the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. You investigate suspicious transactions, accounts, and user behaviors, translate findings into detection signals and mitigation strategies, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Compliance teams to protect users and the platform.

What you'll do

• Monitor and analyze fraud risk across the platform, spanning payment fraud, account takeover, scams, and other emerging abuse typologies.
• Conduct thorough investigations into suspicious transactions, accounts, and user behaviors, using internal data, on-chain data, and external sources to identify patterns, networks, and root causes.
• Perform feature mining and in-depth data analysis on fraud cases and translate findings into detection signals, rules, and mitigation strategies together with data science and engineering teams.
• Design and implement risk control measures that prevent losses and protect users, such as alerts, verifications, and friction applied at high-risk moments in the customer journey, and develop and refine operational procedures to improve the efficiency of risk controls.
• Track industry-wide fraud and abuse trends and proactively identify new attack vectors to drive prevention initiatives before they scale.
• Build metrics, dashboards, and case reviews to measure strategy effectiveness, including detection coverage, warning engagement, false positives, prevented losses, and repeat victimization.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Support, Legal and Compliance, and external partners to embed risk controls into the customer journey and ensure user and platform security.

What you bring

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in risk control, fraud risk, or risk strategy, preferably within a fintech, financial services, or crypto organisation, or related experience in anti-fraud control.
• A strong understanding of fraud typologies and hands-on experience in at least one risk domain such as phishing, scam, payment fraud, account takeover, or platform abuse.
• Solid investigative and data analysis skills and the ability to work independently from raw data to insight to action.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• A strong interest and tenacity in understanding and protecting users against fraud and abuse.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with an international team of highly skilled professionals.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of blockchain tracking tools.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team).
• Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.

About Binance

Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users, trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries. The company offers trading, finance, education, research, payments, institutional services, and more, with a mission to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.