Head of Trade Operations
OpenFX helps financial institutions move money across borders with real-time settlement and transparent pricing through its FX infrastructure platform.
Funding history
About OpenFX
OpenFX helps financial institutions process cross-border payments through its real-time settlement network that bypasses traditional correspondent banking. Users can execute FX transactions, settle payments within 60 minutes, and access transparent pricing across currency pairs. OpenFX enables 24/7 money movement for remittance companies, neobanks, and payment providers seeking faster, cheaper international transfers.
Skills
About the Role
You will build and lead trade operations, owning execution, booking, confirmation, reconciliation, settlement, liquidity, treasury, and operational controls. You will create scalable operating models and systems, reduce breaks, improve automation and reporting, and partner with functions supporting new products and banking relationships.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in trade operations, treasury, or related functions
- Senior leadership experience at large-scale fintechs or major financial institutions
- Record of building and scaling a trade or treasury operations function across geographies
- Technical knowledge of the full trade lifecycle, FX markets, cross-border payments, and multicurrency liquidity and cash management
- People leadership experience
- Judgment on risk, controls, and compliance in regulated multijurisdictional environments
- Strong written communication and executive judgment
Responsibilities
- Manage, coach, and develop the Trade Operations team
- Build operating, coverage, and capacity models across time zones
- Own trade execution, booking, confirmation, reconciliation, and settlement
- Reduce settlement discrepancies and operational breaks through controls and system improvements
- Create real-time visibility into settlement status and operational breaks
- Manage daily multicurrency liquidity and cash across accounts and banking partners
- Build cash forecasting and rebalancing processes
- Oversee short-term funding, investment, and borrowing activity
- Build operational, market, and currency-risk frameworks
- Ensure activity follows regulations and internal policies
- Own the trade and treasury systems roadmap and automate manual work
- Standardize reporting for leadership, partners, and regulators
- Protect data integrity across trade and treasury systems
- Partner on operational readiness for products, corridors, and currencies
Benefits
- Equity