Financial Operations Associate - South East Asia
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About the role
CXM is a global broker providing access to Forex, CFDs, and other financial markets. We focus on transparency, efficiency, and client satisfaction by delivering fast execution, secure transactions, and reliable support. We are seeking a Senior Financial Operations Associate to join our team and support our global operations.
In this role, you will lead financial operations across deposits, withdrawals, reconciliations, and cash management, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. You will also drive reporting and analysis to support leadership decisions, while coordinating seamlessly with regional teams to uphold high operational and control standards.
We are growing quickly, and an opportunity has developed on our Financial Operations team for a Financial Operations Associate.
Responsibilities
Client Transactions: Own end-to-end processing of client deposits and withdrawals, ensuring SLA adherence and robust controls.
Cash Management: Lead daily cash management across multiple PSPs, banks, and currencies; optimize liquidity and funding transfers.
Reporting & Insights: Build, automate, and review daily/weekly cash-flow, reconciliation, and P&L variance reports; surface insights and KPIs to management.
Reconciliations: Oversee reconciliations of client funds, trading platforms, and ledger balances; investigate and resolve breaks and exceptions.
Operational Hand-offs: Maintain accurate balance tracking and coordinate with regional/global teams for handoffs and issue escalation.
Forecasting: Develop monthly and quarterly transaction forecasts; present analysis and recommendations to leadership.
Treasury Operations: Perform and enhance treasury workflows (sweeps, FX conversions, funding, fees), documenting procedures and controls.
Compliance & Audit: Partner with Compliance/Finance on audits, payment risk monitoring, and financial controls; contribute to policy and SOP updates.
Process Improvement: Drive operational excellence projects (tooling, workflow automation, vendor/process evaluations) to reduce risk and cycle times.
Leadership: Mentor junior team members; provide quality review and serve as point of contact for complex operational cases.
Requirements
Self-starter with strong ownership, judgment, and the ability to work independently in a distributed team
Advanced analytical and quantitative skills; comfortable interpreting large operational datasets
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at clear handoffs across time zones
Advanced proficiency in Excel (e.g., complex formulas, pivots, lookups); familiarity with SQL or BI tools is a plus
Written understanding of Mandarin is essential, with strong English language communication skills
Demonstrated experience in financial operations within brokerage, FX/CFD, fintech, payments, or related environments
Qualifications
2–5 years of experience in financial operations/treasury, including leading reconciliations and cash-management workflows
Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or similar)
Nice to have: experience with PSPs/banking in Southeast Asia, payment risk frameworks, and audit/compliance collaboration
This position requires working 40 hours per week. Compensation is based on experience and location.
- Department
- Financial Operations
- Role
- Financial Operations Associate
- Locations
- Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About Shift Markets
Shift Markets began in the world of traditional finance as a pioneer in FX technology. Recognizing the transformative potential of digital assets early on, we set out to bridge the gap between traditional markets and crypto, making digital asset trading accessible to businesses of all sizes, from emerging brokerages to global institutions.