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W Group

Global fintech ecosystem enabling blockchain adoption

Operations Manager

Operations & LogisticsUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeDubai - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least five years of operations experience within a crypto exchange, VASP, fintech, payments firm, brokerage, bank, custodian, or comparable regulated financial-services business.
  • Hands-on experience managing transaction operations, settlements, reconciliations, cash or asset movements, operational controls, and exception resolution.
  • Strong understanding of virtual-asset transaction lifecycles, wallets, custody, blockchain confirmations, and fiat on/off-ramp processes.
  • Experience developing standard operating procedures, control frameworks, management reporting, incident-management processes, and auditable records.
  • UAE regulated financial-services experience and familiarity with local operational and regulatory expectations.
  • Experience coordinating with Compliance, Finance, Product, Technology, Legal, and external providers such as banks, custodians, and payment partners.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency with spreadsheets, dashboards, workflow tools, and reconciliation data.
  • A bachelor's degree in business, finance, operations, technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

  • Design, document, and maintain WhiteBIT UAE’s operating model, standard operating procedures, control checklists, escalation procedures, and service-level standards.
  • Coordinate operational readiness for VARA licensing and market launch, including process testing, evidence packs, and remediation of operational gaps.
  • Manage end-to-end client operations, including onboarding hand-offs, account activation, deposits, withdrawals, transfers, settlement, queries, and exceptions.
  • Oversee daily controls and reconciliations across client ledgers, bank accounts, payment partners, custodians, wallets, and blockchain records.
  • Maintain controls for client money and virtual assets, including segregation, safeguarding, approvals, maker-checker controls, and audit trails.
  • Coordinate operational relationships and workflows with banks, custodians, liquidity providers, payment partners, and other key service providers.
  • Own operational incident management, including escalation, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and stakeholder communication.
  • Work closely with Compliance on CDD/EDD workflows, transaction-monitoring escalations, Travel Rule exceptions, complaints, and regulatory information requests.
  • Coordinate with Finance on treasury operations, cash and asset movements, fees, liquidity requirements, and month-end controls.
  • Monitor service levels, volumes, turnaround times, exceptions, complaints, and partner performance, providing regular management reporting.
  • Maintain accurate and retrievable operational records and support business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning and testing.

Desired Qualifications

  • Direct experience with VARA is strongly preferred.
  • Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential.

About the Company

W Group

Global fintech ecosystem enabling blockchain adoption

W Group is a global fintech ecosystem that combines banking, payments, and blockchain infrastructure to make crypto accessible. Its flagship product, WhiteBIT, is a European cryptocurrency exchange offering spot trading, margin markets, and perpetual futures with many trading pairs. The group also includes Whitepay for crypto payments, Whitechain (an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain), Hash Bank (Georgia’s first fully digital bank), and PayUniCard (e-wallet with international VISA cards), plus ventures like White.market, The Coinomist, and ByHi. Revenue comes from exchange fees, crypto processing fees, and various financial services, and the goal is to accelerate the mass adoption of blockchain by delivering trusted, interconnected financial services to over 35 million users in 150 countries.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$389.1M
Headquarters
Ukraine
Founded
2018

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