Head of Strategy & Operations (Wealth & Trading)

Talantir; Australia; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a strategic operations leader to design and run day-to-day wealth operations, ensuring secure and compliant trading activity for millions of customers. You will build processes, implement controls, and work with cross-functional teams to maintain regulatory integrity and client money safeguarding.

The role emphasizes risk-based incident management, root-cause analysis, and proactive KPI reporting to senior management, with a focus on scalable processes in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• A degree in finance, business, economics, engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of operations experience in a securities business (fintech or brokers).
• Understanding of end-to-end trading and post-trade flows across multiple asset classes, including equities and ETFs.

Responsibilities

• Aligning with global wealth and trading operations.
• Implementing and maintaining robust first-line controls across operations, including maker-checker, reconciliations, exception management, and access/entitlement controls.
• Collaborating with Customer Support, Compliance, Risk, and Finance for regulatory reporting and client money safeguarding regimes.
• Leading investigations and resolutions of operational incidents and root-cause analysis.
• Defining and tracking operational KRIs and KPIs for senior management reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Operational controls

Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Project management

Regulatory reporting

Education

Finance/Business/Economics/Engineering degree

Tools

Excel

BI tools

SQL

Job description

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 70+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

At Revolut, Operations means problem-solving at scale. Our team tackles the company's toughest challenges with speed, precision, and creativity. They design systems that unlock efficiency and power global growth.

We're looking for a Head of Strategy & Operations to build and run day-to-day wealth operations, ensuring seamless and controlled trading activity for millions of customers.

You'll design processes and controls that deliver high-impact, minimise incidents, and meet regulatory and client money obligations.

What you'll be doing

• Aligning with global wealth and trading operations
• Implementing and maintaining robust first-line controls across operations, including maker-checker, reconciliations, exception management, and access/entitlement controls
• Collaborating closely with Customer Support, Compliance, Risk, and Finance to support regulatory reporting, transaction reporting, and client money/safeguarding regimes
• Participating in risk assessments, audits, and regulatory reviews, developing action plans and remediation
• Leading investigations and resolutions of operational incidents, near misses, and client-impacting issues, and driving root-cause analysis and sustainable fixes
• Defining and tracking operational KRIs and KPIs, producing clear and insightful reporting to senior management
• Supporting the selection, onboarding, and ongoing management of key operational partners (brokers, custodians, middle-office providers, data vendors, etc.)
• Ensuring contractual obligations and operational dependencies are well-understood and managed

What you'll need

• A degree in finance, business, economics, engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of operations experience in a securities business (fintech or brokers)
• An understanding of end-to-end trading and post-trade flows across multiple asset classes, including equities and ETFs
• A track record of designing, implementing, and testing effective operational controls
• Familiarity with AU or regional regulatory requirements for brokerage operations, or the ability to learn and apply new regulatory frameworks quickly
• To be comfortable working with data and basic tooling (e.g., Excel, BI tools, SQL)
• A proven ability to operate in fast-changing, high-growth environments and manage competing priorities

Nice to have

• Familiarity with fixed income, derivatives, FX, and/or funds

Building a global financial super app isn't enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that's why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We're doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

Notice: This is a remote position based in Australia.