Digital Asset Operations Specialist
This role involves hands-on operations within a crypto-native hedge fund, focusing on continuous market activities and operational workflows that are ongoing. The position requires managing trade lifecycle, digital asset operations, reconciliations, and collaborating closely with the COO team as well as trading, technology, and compliance departments. Ideal candidates are those who are uncomfortable with disorder, pay attention to unnoticed discrepancies, and take pride in achieving precision in details. Apart from maintaining accurate records with fund admin, prime broker, and custody partners, the role involves identifying inefficiencies to enhance processes and drive automation for operational scalability as the firm expands.
Responsibilities
- Implement wallet management workflows for various custody solutions and oversee staking, bridging, and smart contract interactions on a daily basis.
- Manage trade lifecycle processes from trade capture to settlements, ensuring daily reconciliation across counterparties and custody partners.
- Ensure data accuracy with fund admin, prime broker, and custody partners while addressing discrepancies and pushing back when needed.
- Handle internal dashboards, operational reporting, procedure documentation, and support security processes by escalating issues when necessary.
- Coordinate business operations, including compliance procedures and vendor coordination, facilitating workflows across different teams.
- Monitor and report on operational KPIs and process metrics to drive improvements and automation, supporting technology platform implementation and business continuity testing.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of operations experience at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or crypto financial services business.
- Strong attention to detail with a knack for identifying errors and maintaining accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously in a structured manner.
- Effective communicator capable of clear and proactive interactions within cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in high-pressure, 24/7 market environments with rapid movements and shifting priorities.
- Bachelor's degree is necessary.
Desired Skills
- Direct experience in digital asset operations, specifically custody, settlements, staking, and DeFi workflows.
- Exposure to exchange or counterparty operations and post-trade settlement processes.
- Previous experience collaborating with engineering on system monitoring and incident documentation.
- Background in finance, technology, or business education.
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