Chief Operating Officer (COO) — Forex/CFD Brokerage

DB Investing


Date: 3 hours ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
We’re seeking a hands-on COO with deep Forex/CFD brokerage experience to scale a multi-jurisdiction operation (UAE + international). You will own day-to-day execution across trading operations, risk, client lifecycle, payments, and service quality—while ensuring strict regulatory compliance and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

  • Own E2E operations: onboarding → funding → trading → risk → withdrawals → retention → complaints.
  • Design and enforce SOPs, SLAs, and internal controls across all departments; drive a metrics-first culture.
  • Lead daily ops stand-ups and weekly performance reviews (KPI dashboards).


Trading & Risk

  • Oversee Dealing Desk (A/B-book policy), exposure limits, auto-hedging, LP routing, symbol settings, markups, swaps.
  • Optimize execution quality (slippage, rejection, latency) and spreads vs margin targets.
  • Approve exception handling (outages, fat-finger, pricing disputes), lead monthly P&L & risk committees.


Technology & Platforms

  • Govern MT4/MT5 admin, bridge/aggregator, liquidity/prime broker integrations, FIX/API, pricing streams.
  • Coordinate with IT for uptime/DR/BCP; manage incident post-mortems and platform change management.


Payments & Finance Ops

  • Own payment flows (PSPs, crypto rails, bank wires), reconciliation, chargebacks, risk rules, and treasury routing.
  • Reduce unit costs (PSP fees, card acceptance rates, FX conversion), improve straight-through processing.


Client Experience & Growth Enablement

Partner with Sales/Marketing on funnels, onboarding speed (KYC < X hours), NPS, retention and upsell programs.
  • Implement VIP/IB/affiliate operating frameworks with transparent rebate/commission controls.

    • Compliance & Governance

    • Ensure day-to-day alignment with UAE SCA requirements and other licenses (e.g., FSA Seychelles, FINTRAC Canada, etc.).
    • Enforce AML/CFT, market abuse, best execution, TCF, complaint handling, adverse media, SAR/STR escalation.
    • Maintain internal audit readiness, board reporting, policy library, and regulatory correspondence.


    People & Culture

    • Build, mentor, and performance-manage high-caliber teams; implement shift models (24/5 or 24/7 as required).
    • Set clear OKRs; align compensation/bonus with risk-adjusted profitability and client outcomes.


    Nice to Have

    • Multi-jurisdiction rollout experience (GCC, EU, Africa, LatAm, or Asia).
    • Experience integrating CRM/Back-office and BI tools.
    • Familiarity with prop-trading overlays, PAMM/copy trading, and asset-management modules.


    Core Competencies

    • Operational Excellence
    • Risk Discipline
    • Regulatory Rigor
    • Financial Acumen
    • Process Design & Automation
    • Cross-functional Leadership
    • Vendor/Liquidity Negotiation
    • Crisis Management & Incident Response
    • Clear, concise communication (Board-ready)


    Required Experience

    • 8–12+ years in FX/CFD brokerage, with 5+ years in Ops/Risk leadership; prior COO / Head of Operations / Director of Trading Ops strongly preferred.
    • Proven expertise with MT4/MT5, bridges/aggregators (oneZero, PrimeXM, Centroid, Gold-i), LP/Prime relationships, and execution analytics.
    • Hands-on with A/B-book strategy, exposure caps, and P&L stewardship.
    • Strong regulatory track record (UAE SCA or equivalent Tier-1/2 regimes), AML frameworks, audits, and remediation.
    • Payments stack know-how: PSPs, card acquiring, crypto rails, treasury, reconciliation, chargebacks.
    • Data-driven operator: builds dashboards, interrogates metrics, and scales processes.

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