Company Overview

An expanding financial technology environment is strengthening its institutional digital asset services to support businesses, investment firms, and professional financial market participants. Its operations involve institutional cryptocurrency custody, digital asset settlement, transaction administration, and secure asset movement infrastructure.

The organisation is seeking an experienced operations professional to coordinate institutional custody and settlement activities while maintaining effective operational controls and service delivery standards.

Role Summary

The Institutional Custody & Settlement Operations Lead will oversee the operational coordination of digital asset settlement, institutional transfer processing, and custody service delivery. The position combines financial operations management, blockchain transaction knowledge, institutional client servicing, and operational risk oversight.

The successful candidate will coordinate settlement activities, supervise operational workflows, resolve transaction exceptions, and ensure that institutional custody processes are performed accurately and consistently.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily institutional custody and digital asset settlement operations.

• Oversee operational workflows for approved cryptocurrency deposits, withdrawals, and transfers.

• Manage settlement instructions between institutional clients, custodians, and approved counterparties.

• Monitor transaction completion and confirm that settlement records accurately reflect executed transfers.

• Coordinate transaction verification and approval procedures for institutional asset movements.

• Maintain settlement records, operational registers, and institutional custody documentation.

• Monitor outstanding settlement instructions and investigate processing delays.

• Coordinate the resolution of transfer discrepancies with banking, custody, and technology partners.

• Oversee reconciliation of institutional digital asset balances and settlement accounts.

• Establish operational procedures for transaction processing and exception management.

• Work with compliance teams to ensure institutional transactions meet applicable verification requirements.

• Monitor operational performance indicators and identify opportunities to improve settlement efficiency.

• Support operational risk assessments and custody control reviews.

• Prepare settlement performance reports and communicate significant exceptions to management.

• Coordinate service delivery improvements for institutional custody clients.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Banking, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in financial operations, institutional custody, securities settlement, or digital asset operations.

• Strong understanding of cryptocurrency custody and institutional settlement processes.

• Knowledge of blockchain transaction execution and digital asset transfer procedures.

• Experience with financial reconciliation and transaction administration.

• Understanding of institutional client servicing and counterparty coordination.

• Familiarity with custody controls, operational risk management, and transaction approval procedures.

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting and operational documentation.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional operations teams.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organisational skills.

• Previous experience in digital asset custody or institutional crypto services is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement within Estonia.

• Opportunity to contribute to institutional digital asset infrastructure.

• Exposure to professional custody and settlement operations.

• Collaboration with international financial institutions and digital asset professionals.

• Access to industry-specific training and career development.

• Flexible working practices and a results-oriented environment.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit an updated CV highlighting their institutional financial operations experience, custody administration expertise, and settlement management capabilities. Relevant examples of operational improvements, reconciliation activities, and institutional transaction processing should be included.

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