Head of Trading
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Zürich, Switzerland
In PersonRelocation to Switzerland and work from the Zurich office are required.
Finance & BankingSales & Trading
About the job
Requirements
- Proven track record leading a trading desk, or holding a senior desk seat with direct people responsibility, within a regulated financial institution.
- Proven experience in electronic trading and over-the-counter flow trading within regulated financial markets.
- Hands-on experience configuring an order or execution management system, including pricing and execution parameters, rather than operating one purely as a user.
- Derivatives fluency across greeks, margin, basis, and funding, with the ability to discuss these with quantitative colleagues and translate them for clients.
- Credibility with institutional clients at decision maker level, with a demonstrated ability to win and retain relationships.
- Ability to meet FINMA fit and proper standards, including a clean regulatory and background record.
- Full professional proficiency in English, spoken and written.
- Willingness to relocate to Switzerland and to work from the Zurich office.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the trading desk, including a team of traders, ensuring reliable and consistent execution of client trading activity across spot and derivatives.
- Act as business owner of the trading product and service, with accountability for pricing, P&L, platform roadmap, and client experience.
- Set and continuously tune the pricing and execution logic of the proprietary spot order and execution management system, covering spread, skew, automated quoting, and hedging behavior, in close collaboration with Product and Technology.
- Own market risk across spot and derivatives, including inventory, hedging, limit framework, and escalation, supported by an institutional risk management platform.
- Select, onboard, negotiate, and maintain counterparty relationships across liquidity providers, exchanges, and prime brokers.
- Oversee operational and strategic trading account management, including cash, collateral and margin optimization across venues.
- Represent the trading function toward key institutional clients, partners, and stakeholders at senior level.
- Act as senior subject matter expert for Sales and Product on client conversations, pricing questions, and new product design.
- Define and execute the strategic direction of the trading function, including new trading products, venues, order types, and connectivity, in alignment with overall business objectives.
- Develop and mentor traders, own performance management and succession planning, and build a disciplined, collaborative trading culture.
- Work closely with senior management, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Sales, and Product on both run the bank and change the bank initiatives, ensuring proper market conduct at all times.
- Maintain strong market knowledge across derivatives and digital asset markets to support informed decision making and to position the team for new opportunities.
Desired Qualifications
- Additional languages are a plus.
- Over-the-counter derivatives trading experience across foreign exchange, digital assets or related products.
- Deep knowledge of digital asset market structure, including perpetuals, funding, basis, centralized and decentralized venues, and stablecoin settlement.
- Options market making, structuring, or volatility trading experience.
- Experience taking a trading desk from an entrepreneurial setup to an institutional operating standard.
- Prior full P&L ownership of a trading product or service.
About the company
Crypto Finance AG provides services in the cryptocurrency market for professional investors, organizing three main activities: asset management, brokerage, and secure storage through Crypto Fund AG, Crypto Broker AG, and Crypto Storage AG. Asset management handles investment portfolios for clients, brokerage executes buy and sell orders, and storage offers custody for digital assets. Revenue comes from management fees, transaction fees, and storage fees, serving institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals seeking secure access to digital assets. The company combines investing, trading, and custody into an integrated platform with a focus on high quality, security, and integrity.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$34.8M
Headquarters
Switzerland
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026 Trever integration expands Crypto Finance liquidity access across institutional banks.
- April 2026 Google Cloud Universal Ledger pilot strengthens settlement and cross-border payments credibility.
- February 2026 Latin America expansion opens new institutional relationships beyond Europe.
What critics are saying
- Crypto Finance sold asset management to Matrixport in 2024, narrowing revenue diversification.
- Treasury and compliance costs rise under MiCAR, pressuring margins before 2027 renewals.
- If Deutsche Börse deprioritizes crypto, Crypto Finance loses capital, credibility, and distribution.
What makes Crypto Finance unique
- Deutsche Börse Group backing gives Crypto Finance institutional credibility and distribution.
- FINMA, BaFin, and MiCAR licenses create a rare regulated European crypto stack.
- Trading, custody, staking, and settlement in one platform simplify institutional adoption.
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Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options