Vice President of Operations

The Company is seeking an operations leader to oversee the day-to-day delivery of its Japan Operations, with primary responsibility for Currencies Operations. The role includes managing and developing the local team, maintaining reliable service across foreign exchange, fixed income, and rates, and ensuring transactions, payments, settlements, reconciliations, and client requests are completed accurately and on time. The successful candidate will oversee client and product onboarding, resolve operational issues, maintain effective controls, and support regulatory, business, and technology changes. They will also partner with local, regional, and global stakeholders to strengthen controls, improve processes, and reduce manual work. Candidates should have strong banking or financial markets operations experience in Japan, including expertise in foreign exchange settlements, payments, cash management, and related controls. A good understanding of fixed income and rates operations, Japanese market infrastructure, settlement practices, and applicable regulatory requirements is also required. The role calls for experience supervising and developing a team, strong operational risk and problem-solving skills, and confidence working with stakeholders across functions and regions. Business-level written and spoken fluency in both Japanese and English, along with sound judgment, attention to detail, and a strong client-service orientation, is essential.