Trading Operations Team Lead
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Listing location: United StatesFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7+ years experience
- Required Skills
- PythonSQLRisk ManagementProcess improvement
Requirements
- Leverage deep understanding of traditional financial services, products and strategies as required to provide thought leadership and strategic support to Anchorage Digital clients and the goals they have to implement their own strategies.
- Utilize blockchain explorers, trading platforms, and other relevant software and tools to reconcile and monitor the activity of different digital assets across both internal ledgers and external systems (banks, custodians, etc.).
- Keep yourself and your team updated with the evolving cryptocurrency industry trends, regulatory guidelines, and best practices related to settlements and custodial services.
- Possess a comprehensive understanding of different cryptocurrencies, their underlying technologies, and the operational processes involved in custodianship.
- Be familiar with the responsibilities and interests of interdepartmental teams, as well as foster collaborative relationships and partnerships to achieve common goals.
- Directly manage and coach members of the team; help identify any shortcomings in current processes.
- Have "executive presence," i.e. confidence and composure interfacing with financial investors and C-level executives.
- Actively lead discussions within the team to improve processes and productivity, and thoughtfully convey information and insights with impact when working with other teams to address projects & issues.
- Forge relationships with key partners, specifically in support of the organization's Compliance and Product departments, as well as external counterparties.
- Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders, such as traders, operations teams, compliance officers, and executives, to resolve settlement-related issues.
- 7+ years experience supporting post trade activities of institutional clients in both traditional asset classes and crypto assets.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and agility, to identify emerging risks quickly, brainstorm solutions, and pivot when goals change.
- Have led the creation of end-to-end trade operations processes, from trade capture and settlement to reconciliation, Derivatives, and risk management.
- A track record of assembling and leading teams that are both efficient and adaptable in the face of evolving business needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead efforts to develop and refine processes for managing Counterparty and Client post trade processing, defining performance metrics (SLAs, KPIs) and ensuring that they are met while enabling operational scalability.
- Oversee and mentor a global team responsible for executing spot, lending, and derivatives operations.
- Utilize blockchain explorers, trading platforms, and other relevant software and tools to reconcile and monitor the activity of different digital assets across both internal ledgers and external systems (banks, custodians, etc.).
- Perform cash positioning and inventory management for various product flows to ensure that we have the right assets at the right place at the right time to optimize the firm’s treasury management, mitigate risks, and streamline settlement processes.
- Serve as the key liaison between operational teams and engineering/product teams, advocating for operational needs and helping shape the development of the roadmap for platform development to streamline trading, settlement, and risk operations.
- Collaborate with the Accounting and Finance teams to ensure timely provision of accurate trade and settlement data and assist in the resolution of breakages.
- Develop and implement process improvement initiatives to ensure optimal operational efficiency
- Stay ahead of developments in the crypto industry, gaining a deep understanding of tokens, protocols, and verticals like staking and governance. Use this expertise to inform operational strategy and execution.
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