Head of Securities

About Unlimit

Unlimit is the global financial infrastructure for the borderless agentic economy. Designed to bridge the gap between fragmented local markets and the future of autonomous commerce, Unlimit provides the programmable operating layer for the world’s most ambitious businesses.

Through an integrated technology stack, the platform unifies global payment acceptance, programmable financial accounts, and digital asset rails into a singular financial layer. By mapping hyper-local payment ecosystems directly into its architecture, Unlimit enables businesses to move value and settle transactions instantly across continents.

Built on decades of hard-won regulatory depth and an extensive global license portfolio, the platform provides direct access to a massive global infrastructure. With major hubs in London, San Francisco, Singapore, São Paulo, and Mexico City, Unlimit is building the infrastructure that makes global expansion a matter of code, not geography.

Summary:

The Head of Securities owns Unlimit’s securities business end to end: trading, custody, clearing and settlement, and the controls around them. The role reports to the CEO of the investment firm entity (or COO), leads the securities operations team, and is the senior point of contact for brokers, custodians, exchanges and the regulator on securities matters.

Key responsibilities

Strategy and business
• Set and deliver the securities business strategy, product scope and annual budget.
• Build and manage relationships with executing brokers, custodians, CSDs, exchanges and liquidity providers.
• Evaluate new instruments, markets and venues, and lead their onboarding.

Operations

• Oversee the full trade lifecycle: order handling, execution, confirmation, clearing and settlement.
• Run daily reconciliations of positions, cash and securities across custodians and internal books.
• Manage corporate actions, settlement fails, breaks and exceptions to resolution.
• Ensure safeguarding of client financial instruments and funds

Risk, compliance and regulation

• Ensure the securities business complies with MiFID II/MiFIR, CySEC rules, MAR, CSDR and EMIR as applicable.
• Own best-execution policy and monitoring, and transaction reporting (RTS 22) accuracy.
• Work with Compliance, Risk and AML on market abuse surveillance, client categorisation and suitability/appropriateness.
• Define and maintain operational controls, KPIs, procedures and the securities risk register.
• Act as key contact for internal and external audits and regulatory inspections.

Technology and change

• Own requirements for OMS, back-office and reconciliation systems; drive automation and STP.
• Lead integration projects with new counterparties and venues.

People

• Lead, hire and develop the securities team; set objectives and run performance reviews.
• Report to senior management and the Board on performance, incidents and risk.

Requirements

• 10+ years in securities operations, brokerage or custody, with 4+ years leading a team.
• Hands-on knowledge of the trade lifecycle across equities, fixed income and ETFs; derivatives a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of MiFID II/MiFIR, CySEC regulation, CSDR and client asset safeguarding.
• Experience with custodians, prime brokers and settlement systems (e.g. Euroclear, Clearstream, DTC, SWIFT ISO 15022/20022).
• Track record of building controls, reconciliations and procedures that pass audit and regulatory review.
• Degree in finance, economics, accounting or a related field.
• Fluent English; Greek or Russian an advantage.
• Able to meet CySEC fit-and-proper requirements; holder of the CySEC Advanced Certificate, or willing to obtain it.
• Experience with tokenized securities

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Unlimit is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.