Trading Operations Team LeadActive

The opportunity

With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions . Security is our foundation and we prioritize…

What you'll do

  • As Trading Operations Team Lead, you are responsible for building and: managing a global team of trading operations professionals that support our clients in their daily trading activities. You will play a crucial role in building the infrastructure of the post-trade lifecycle of the activity of various digital asset instruments, ensuring timely settlements, reconciliation and implementing strong risk mitigation strategies. This position requires a deep understanding of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, financial operations, and risk management. The ideal candidate will be a problem solver at heart, possess strong technical skills, the ability to handle complex tasks, organizational knowledge, and effective communication and influence capabilities to help drive business outcomes. You have a full understanding of the settlement operations, as well as the regulatory and operational considerations of each step. You and your team will support client interactions across multiple teams and work closely with trading and other areas of client operations to ensure processes and procedures are developed and continuously refined.

  • As Trading Operations Team Lead, you are responsible for building and: managing a global team of trading operations professionals that support our clients in their daily trading activities. You will play a crucial role in building the infrastructure of the post-trade lifecycle of the activity of various digital asset instruments, ensuring timely settlements, reconciliation and implementing strong risk mitigation strategies. This position requires a deep understanding of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, financial operations, and risk management. The ideal candidate will be a problem solver at heart, possess strong technical skills, the ability to handle complex tasks, organizational knowledge, and effective communication and influence capabilities to help drive business outcomes. You have a full understanding of the settlement operations, as well as the regulatory and operational considerations of each step. You and your team will support client interactions across multiple teams and work closely with trading and other areas of client operations to ensure processes and procedures are developed and continuously refined.

  • 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.

  • 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. You will ensure that the team is aligned with broader strategic objectives, while driving accuracy and efficiency in operational processes.

  • 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.).

What they're looking for

  • 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