Market Operations Manager London UK

Market Operations Manager London UK

Global Futures and Options Ltd (GFOX) a UK FCAauthorised and regulated MTF is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing team in London UK.

GFOX is the UKs first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives. GFOX has partnered with LCH SA which will offer clearing of Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFOX subject to regulatory approval. This will be made available through a new segregated clearing service LCH DigitalAssetClear. GFOX services large global institutional participants who require a regulated institutionalgrade trading venue for digital asset derivatives including bitcoin index futures and options.

We are seeking to hire a Market Operations Manager to join our growing team in London. Reporting to our Head of Operations you will be part of a dynamic and experienced team bringing the features of traditional derivative markets to the rapidly expanding digital asset arena.

In this role you will be responsible for the daytoday running of the Operations and Onboarding team and play a pivotal role in implementing improvements new products and new features.

Operations at GFOX have eight main pillars:

Market Support

Client Onboarding

Product

Regulatory Reporting

Relationship Management (clients vendors CCP)

Management Information

Control

Fees and Invoicing

The candidate we seek will possess some Project and BA skillsets and a proven track record of managing an Operations team.

The role will involve liaising with various internal departments including Sales and Membership Compliance Trade Surveillance Finance and Risk Technology and IT Support as well as interacting with our member clients external vendors and GFOX CCP partner.

Responsibilities:

• Daytoday running of Operations
• Start of Day: Making sure the Venue Opens in an orderly fashion and dealing with any issues that may arise
• During the Day: Monitoring of the Venue dealing with issues and client requests
• End Of Day: Making sure our endofday obligations is met with our CCP partner FCA reporting and internal controls and checks are run
• Significant input into new Projects such as new features new Product launches
• Drive operational efficiencies to continually automate and improve our Operational processes and controls
• Oversight of Onboarding making sure that any new client or vendor onboard runs smoothly and existing clients/vendors are receiving a Platinum service
• Play an active role in recruitment for the team as we expand

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 yearsof working experience in operations management role
• Degree holder in a related field (finance technology business administration etc) or equivalent industry experience preferred.
• Exposure to institutional grade exchange platforms Eurex CME ICE
• Knowledge of financial products including equities commodities bonds and derivatives is a must.
• Knowledge of MIFID Pre and posttrade instrument and transaction reporting preferred but not essential
• Knowledge of operational workflows and processes
• Good organisational skills with a strategic mindset.
• Experience with tools such asJIRA CONFLUENCE TEAMS EXCEL WORD
• Ability to work in a fastpaced and highly collaborative environment.
• Strong communication skills and fluent spoken and written English.

This role will be based at our London office. Applications from any region are acceptable but candidates based in the United Kingdom will be given preference. GFOX is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Competitive benefits are included.

If you are interested in any of our roles please apply through the link provided in the job posting.

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All unsolicited CVs from agencies shall be treated as such and will not be counted as submissions.

Required Experience:

Manager