
Middle Office Manager – APAC
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇸🇬 Singapore
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support Kraken’s institutional trading and lending operations by ensuring seamless post-trade execution across settlement, reconciliation, and inventory flows.
- Execute and maintain middle-office processes supporting OTC, exchange, and lending activity.
- Ensure accurate trade capture, flawless settlement, and timely reconciliation for all regional institutional clients and counterparties.
- Oversee post-trade processing, manage settlement instructions, coordinate with custodians, venues, and counterparties.
- Maintain high data integrity across systems and uphold operational best practices.
- Monitor digital asset and fiat balances across custodians, venues, and wallets.
- Support Trading and Treasury in maintaining optimal inventory allocation and settlement readiness.
- Execute processes and workflows defined by the global Head of Middle Office.
- Identify inefficiencies and propose improvements, contributing to continuous enhancement of operational infrastructure.
- Partner with Trading, Treasury, Risk, Product, and Engineering to support new product launches, infrastructure upgrades, and system enhancements.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in middle office, trading operations, settlements, clearing, or reconciliations within a trading firm, OTC desk, brokerage, exchange, or investment banking institution.
- Solid understanding of trade capture, allocations, settlements, reconciliation, and exception management across digital assets or traditional markets.
- Comfortable with settlement flows, confirmation processes, wallet/custodian coordination, and resolving breaks in a fast-moving environment.
- Detail-oriented mindset with a strong understanding of controls, risk awareness, and data accuracy.
- Able to coordinate effectively with Trading, Treasury, Risk, and Product teams.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting institutional clients or counterparties; able to handle urgency, complexity, and precision in post-trade workflows.
- Comfortable operating in both crypto-native and traditional finance environments.
Benefits
- Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values.
- Industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Work from anywhere in the world.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
trade capturesettlementsreconciliationexception managementinventory allocationmiddle office processesOTC tradingclearingdata integrityoperational best practices
Soft skills
detail-orientedstrong communicationproblem-solvingrisk awarenesscoordinationability to handle urgencyability to manage complexityprecision in workflowscollaborationcontinuous improvement