Operations Lead, Limassol, Cyprus

Drive the engine of banking and payments in a fast-scaling FinTech

Role Overview:

We are working with a fast-growing fintech that is scaling its banking infrastructure and payment operations across multiple jurisdictions. They're now looking for an experienced, hand-on, tech-savvy, compliance-conscious, Operations Lead to take ownership of core banking operations in a regulated FinTech environment, payment flows, onboarding journeys, and regulatory integration, onsite at their Limassol, Cyprus office.

This role is central to the business, sitting at the crossroads of operations, technology, and compliance. You'll be instrumental in building scalable systems, payment operations, onboarding journeys, and core banking processes.  Reports directly to the COO and GM.

Key Responsibilities:

Payments & Operational Infrastructure -

• Constant optimization end-to-end banking and payments flows, including real-time payment processing, reconciliation, and settlements.
• Oversee the implementation and improvement of core banking and payment platforms - ensuring they're robust, scalable, and compliant.
• Build process and tech-enabled solutions to support onboarding, KYB, and payment monitoring.
• Own the back-office operations: transaction monitoring, payment routing logic, internal dashboards, and reconciliation systems.

Onboarding & Back Office Oversight -

• Oversee onboarding flows for clients and partners ensuring seamless integration between frontend, back-office, and compliance systems.
• Identify and fix friction points in onboarding journeys for corporate clients and counterparties.
• Ensure compliance procedures (ex: 6-eye check) are embedded within onboarding tools and tech flows.

Tech & Systems Ownership - 

• Work closely with product and tech teams to define and prioritize ops-tech requirements.
• Lead the evaluation and onboarding of third-party platforms (e.g., core banking, payment gtw, AML/KYB,C tools).
• Own the configuration, testing, and optimization of operational systems (API integrations with banks or payment providers).

Regulatory & Compliance Integration -

• Coordinate with Compliance to ensure systems and workflows are aligned with regulatory standards.
• Support changes in control, safeguarding, and audit requirements from an operational tech perspective.
• Maintain clear documentation of operational controls and technical processes.

Cross-Border Coordination & Team Structuring - 

• Act as an operational bridge between the UK and CY entities ensuring consistency in processes, systems, and team collaboration together with UK GM.
• Assist in building and scaling internal operational support structures across jurisdictions.
• Support knowledge transfer, continuity, and training across ops and tech teams.

Liquidity & Treasury Oversight (Operational View) -

• Maintain an operational overview of liquidity flows across banking partners and accounts.
• Ensure visibility of available funds, settlement cycles, and partner SLAs across systems.
• Collaborate with the CFO and treasury team to align operations with funding and liquidity planning.

Audit, Risk & Controls - 

• Own operational preparation and coordination of internal and external audits (e.g., financial and regulatory audits).
• Maintain traceable processes and system logs to meet audit and compliance requirements.
• Implement operational KPIs and exception reporting for audit readiness and internal oversight.

External Partner Management - 

• Open and manage technical and operational relationships with banking and payment partners.
• Ensure operational readiness for go-lives, migrations, and new partner integrations.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in fintech, banking operations, or payment infrastructure roles.
• Deep understanding of payment flows, banking integrations, and fintech system architecture.
• Experience with onboarding platforms, transaction monitoring systems, and back-office automation.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for PIs/EMIs and their tech implementation.

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