Trade Operations Associate

FalconX; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

FalconX in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Trade Operations professional to manage settlement requests, reconcile inventories, and serve as the primary contact for key counterparties. You will collaborate with Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Success to meet client expectations.

In a fast-paced crypto environment you will ensure data integrity across systems, support regulatory compliance, and drive improvements to settlement processes as the main daily contact for trade operations.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years experience in a trading firm, hedge fund or Investment Bank.
• Must be self-managed with strong organizational discipline and checklist-driven work.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Graduate degree or equivalent educational background.
• Desire to become an expert on digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Responsibilities

• Handle all incoming counterparty settlement requests within a pre-agreed timeframe; act as a contact for a portfolio of counterparties.
• Collaborate with Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Success to meet client expectations.
• Ensure trades, transfers and inventory reconciliation across internal and external systems (banks, custodians, etc.).
• Monitor daily inventory needs for settlement, lending, and borrowing activities; liaise with Treasury Management.
• Provide inputs to compliance and risk teams to design pragmatic controls in a changing regulatory landscape.
• Adhere to established trade operations processes designed for regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with Accounting to ensure timely provision of trade and settlement data.
• Perform reconciliations between internal and external systems; identify breaks and resolve with relevant teams.
• Improve reconciliation processes and identify gaps to ensure data completeness.

Skills

Self-management

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Digital assets interest

Education

Any Graduate

Job description

Who are we?

FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Who are we?

FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Responsibilities

• Handle all incoming counterparty settlement requests within a pre-agreed timeframe. Act as a point of contact for a portfolio of counterparties. Track towards assigned KPIs for trade operations.
• Work in concert with Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Success teams to understand and deliver on their expectations with regards to serving clients.
• Ensure trades, transfers and inventory reconciliation happens across different internal subsystems and external systems - banks, custodians, etc.
• Monitor daily inventory needs for - settlement, lending & borrowing activity- and liaise directly with Treasury Management.
• Provide inputs to compliance and risk teams to design pragmatic controls in this environment of changing regulatory landscape.
• Adhere to established trade operations processes designed for regulatory compliance.
• Liaise with Accounting and ensure proper trade and settlement data is provided to them on a timely basis.
• Perform reconciliations between internal systems and external to ensure data integrity, identify breaks and resolve them by working with relevant teams.
• Improve reconciliation processes, provide inputs in making them robust or/and identify gaps in current reconciliations so that there is completeness.

Requirements

• 4-8 years of experience in a trading firm, hedge fund or Investment Bank
• Superb self-management skills - you love organizing your work with the help of checklists and measuring your progress.
• Previous experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Any Graduate
• Desire to become an expert on digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum

You will be required to gain an understanding of the broader responsibilities of cryptocurrency trade operations and the life cycle of institutional trading. You should strive to be the first point of contact for trade settlements and operations. You will have exposure to a wide range of functions in a complex and dynamic market. The ability to multitask and prioritize will be key, combined with the management of critical day-to-day functions.

Job Location: Bangalore

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