Our client, a growing financial services company, is seeking an ambitious Back Office & Treasury Officer to join their team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced financial environment, taking ownership of operational processes, and ensuring the accurate and efficient execution of post-trade activities.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the company’s daily back-office operations, transaction processing, reconciliations, settlements, client asset movements, and regulatory reporting, while working closely with internal departments, brokers, custodians, banks, and other external counterparties.
Key Responsibilities
- Receive and process client orders, ensuring accurate recording and completeness of transmitted and executed transaction information received from brokers, counterparties, and internal departments.
- Reconcile executed transactions and update client records in the back-office system based on confirmations received from the Brokerage Department and third parties.
- Perform daily reconciliations across internal records, client accounts, bank accounts, custodians, and third parties, investigating and resolving any discrepancies or mismatches.
- Manage the settlement of financial instruments and cash transactions, coordinating with custodians and counterparties and monitoring transactions through to completion.
- Prepare and distribute accurate client reports, safekeeping reports, statements, and transaction confirmations in a timely manner.
- Perform regulatory transaction reporting to CySEC within the applicable deadlines and manage post-trade disclosure requirements in accordance with regulatory obligations.
- Coordinate closely with Finance & Accounting on daily reconciliations, system updates, cash movements, and month-end processing.
- Maintain complete and accurate records of transactions, executed orders, client communications, reports, withdrawal requests, and supporting documentation in line with record-keeping and data-retention requirements.
- Process client asset withdrawal requests, performing the required verification and approval controls and coordinating the transfer of cash and financial instruments with relevant parties.
- Monitor client asset movements and safeguarding controls, ensuring assets are properly reconciled, recorded, and transferred only following the required verification procedures.
- Ensure all back-office operations, controls, and procedures are performed accurately and in accordance with internal policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- 1–2 years of relevant experience in Back Office, Operations, Trade Support, Treasury, Payments, Banking, or Financial Services.
- Good understanding of financial markets, transactions, settlements, and reconciliations.
- Experience with client orders, post-trade processes, and transaction reporting is an advantage.
- Knowledge of CySEC requirements and experience in a regulated financial services, FX/CFD, or brokerage environment is a strong advantage.
- Good knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Very good command of English, both written and spoken.
What You Can Expect
- Long-term career development opportunities within an international environment.
- A dynamic and collaborative working culture.
- Competitive remuneration package based on experience and qualifications.
- Opportunities to develop your expertise across both Back Office and Treasury operations.
Job Category: Back Office
Job Type: Full Time Hybrid
Job Location: Nicosia