Middle Office Manager (EU)
Company:Kraken
Location:United Kingdom
Languages:English
Seniority level:Middle, 3+ years
Experience:3+ years
Skills:
Blockchain
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in middle office, trading operations, settlements, clearing, or reconciliations within a trading firm, OTC desk, brokerage, exchange, or investment banking institution.
- Solid understanding of trade capture, allocations, settlements, reconciliation, and exception management across digital assets or traditional markets.
- Comfortable with settlement flows, confirmation processes, wallet/custodian coordination, and resolving breaks.
- Detail-oriented mindset with a strong understanding of controls, risk awareness, and data accuracy.
- Able to coordinate effectively with Trading, Treasury, Risk, and Product teams.
- Experience supporting institutional clients or counterparties.
- Comfortable operating in both crypto-native and traditional finance environments.
- Experience with OTC crypto trading or custodial settlement platforms (nice to have).
- Familiarity with wallet operations, blockchain settlement, or custody solutions (nice to have).
- Exposure to prime brokerage, securities settlement, or collateral management (nice to have).
- Knowledge of post-trade automation or reconciliation tools (nice to have).
Responsibilities:
- Execute and maintain middle-office processes supporting OTC, exchange, and lending activity.
- Ensure accurate trade capture, flawless settlement, and timely reconciliation for regional institutional clients and counterparties.
- Monitor digital asset and fiat balances across custodians, venues, and wallets.
- Support process and SOP implementation, identifying inefficiencies and proposing improvements.
- Partner with Trading, Treasury, Risk, Product, and Engineering to support new product launches, infrastructure upgrades, and system enhancements.
