Responsibilities
- Strategic Treasury Leadership: Direct the global payment liquidity and treasury strategy to ensure all daily settlement requirements are met across multiple currencies and jurisdictions.
- Risk Framework Ownership: Design and implement robust FX trade risk management policies, ensuring the business remains protected against market volatility and counterparty risk.
- Safeguarding & Compliance: Maintain ultimate oversight of daily customer funds safeguarding and partner credit line obligations, ensuring 100% compliance with regulatory standards.
- Team Management: Lead, mentor, and develop the Middle Office Analyst team, setting high performance standards and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- High-Level Reconciliations: Oversee the integrity of treasury funds and credit facility positions, acting as the final point of escalation for complex variances or liquidity gaps.
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary Middle Office liaison for the Trading Desk, Finance, and Product teams. Collaborate with Finance on revenue reporting and audit requirements.
- Relationship Management: Manage and optimize relationships with external banking partners and liquidity providers regarding credit facilities and trade settlements.
- Credit & Exposure Monitoring: Approve and monitor OTC customer credit line requests, managing the business's total open credit exposure and internal liquidity line usage.
- Process Architecture: Drive the automation of Middle Office workflows, identifying and implementing system improvements to reduce manual intervention and operational risk.
- Reporting: Deliver executive-level management information (MI) and data analysis regarding currency exposure, P&L variances, and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Middle Office, Treasury, or Operational Risk role within a fintech, payments company, or investment bank
- Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Mastery of FX concepts (Spot, Forward, Swaps and etc), liquidity management, and the mechanics of cross-border payment settlements.
- Deep understanding of operational and market risks, with experience building or enhancing risk control frameworks.
- Advanced proficiency in data analysis; ability to translate complex datasets into actionable strategic insights.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and negotiate with external partners.
- A proven ability to troubleshoot systemic issues and implement long-term scalable solutions.
Nice to Have
- Prior experience in a high-growth scale-up environment where you built or significantly matured the Middle Office function.
- Experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS) or the implementation of automated reconciliation tools.
- A 'builder' mindset: someone who is comfortable with ambiguity and eager to create the blueprint for our future operations.
Benefits
- Insurance paid by the company
- Health and wellness benefits (with specific added benefits depending on the location of the role)
- Yearly salary review based on inflation, personal and business performance
- Access to entire Udemy’s library
- Budget for professional development courses
- Work-From-Anywhere policy for certain durations
- Integration programme (opportunity to work from our global offices)
- Regular team social events
- Pension scheme (depending on the role location)
- Flexible work arrangements
- Exposure to work with globally distributed teams
- Location specific benefits like car lease policy, cycle to work, gym membership, etc.
Additional Information
- Love asking 'why?'
- Value solving problems over just completing tasks
- Understand sync vs. async communication practices
- Thrive in ambiguity and change
- Actively seek feedback
- Prioritise impact over activity
- Are fun to work with - we love good humour!
