Director of Treasury Ops

Role: Director of Treasury Operations
Reports to: VP, Treasurer
Department: Treasury / Finance

FalconX is seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Treasury Operations to lead and scale its Treasury Operations and Banking functions. This critical leadership role involves overseeing day-to-day fiat and crypto operations, bank relationship management, cash and liquidity management, and operational risk mitigation across our digital asset and fiat treasury ecosystems.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for innovation and operational excellence, with a strong background in managing operations at a traditional financial business. Significant experience working in institutional crypto, including settlements, wallet management, custody, and liquidity management, is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Treasury Operations Oversight: Lead and manage daily operations across fiat and crypto treasury, ensuring timely settlements, reconciliations, and transaction monitoring.
• Banking Infrastructure: Build and maintain robust relationships with global banking partners and payment providers; negotiate terms and drive expansion of banking rails.
• Cash & Liquidity Management: Optimize liquidity across wallets, exchanges, and bank accounts to support business needs while minimizing idle capital.
• Control Environment: Develop and enforce operational policies, procedures, and controls in line with best practices and regulatory expectations.
• Strategic Initiatives: Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Compliance, Risk, Engineering) to drive automation and improvements in treasury systems and workflows. Foster innovation in treasury operations by adopting emerging tools, technologies, and market opportunities.
• Strategy & Planning: Develop and implement an operating model for treasury operations that balances short-term capabilities and long-term needs.
• Risk & Compliance Collaboration: Ensure business operations adhere to internal risk frameworks, audit, and regulatory obligations.
• Reporting & Metrics: Provide transparency to executive leadership through dashboards, analytics, and key performance indicators related to treasury operations.
• Cash Optimization: Assess and apply investment strategies for cash and digital assets to optimize returns while effectively controlling risk.
• Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team with a focus on accountability, scalability, and innovation.
• Operational Efficiency: Streamline operations by pinpointing inefficiencies and deploying automation tools to enhance precision and minimize manual tasks. Collaborate with technology teams to design and implement integrated, efficient workflows.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of financial services experience in investment or banking operations, with at least 5 years in a leadership role, and experience in the digital asset industry managing a global operations team is preferred.
• Deep understanding of cash management, global banking systems, settlement flows, and treasury infrastructure.
• Significant professional experience managing digital assets in treasury operations with technical expertise in Crypto and a broad understanding of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Past experience working within a fintech environment is strongly preferred.
• Proven success in managing counterparty relationships (banking, software vendors) and navigating complex financial operations. Previous experience integrating financial systems is strongly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, project, and people management skills. Must be autonomous, detail-oriented, and adept at prioritizing in a fast-paced environment while handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities, with comfort presenting to executives, cross-functional stakeholders, regulators, auditors, and clients.

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $230,000 - $311,000 max for a Director level in the New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, qualifications and the level at which the candidate is hired.