About the Role:We are seeking an experienced and highly organized individual to join our dynamic Operations team. This Back Office Manager role combines settlements, payments, and reconciliations, offering a fast-paced and varied environment. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of commercial experience in operations and will excel at multitasking, prioritizing tasks, and delivering high-quality results efficiently and accurately.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and check client and company accounts regularly
• Candidate needs to understand how to manual process a foreign currency transaction in the relevant currency. As the process might be different for different currencies.Therefore understanding the mechanics of international payments is key.
• Monitor incoming funds from clients, ensuring all are processed correctly
• Set up payment sheets and facilitate payments to brokers
• Confirm that all sources of funds have been approved by Compliance
• Follow up on outstanding payments and track client debts
• Reconcile client and company accounts using Xero and spreadsheets
• Maintain and update Margin Report, Unpaid Monies Report, and Open Case Report
• Authorize payments in accordance with company protocols
• Obtain and log SWIFT messages for incoming and outgoing payments
• Record and track funds transferred between companies
• Control and reconcile returned currency from brokers
• Ensure compliance for any third-party payments
• Set up and execute payments to clients
• Update Xero and internal online trade platform systems
• Chase clients for payment details and add them to the in-house trade platform
• Verify broker recaps and ensure accuracy in all transactions
• Ensure all third-party payments are compliant

Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of commercial experience in operational roles
• Must have FX experience.
• Strong understanding of Excel and financial reconciliation processes
• Solid knowledge of accounts, payments, and compliance procedures
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.