Head of Finance & Custody - VARA at Kraken answer
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<h1><strong>Building the Future of Open Finance</strong><br /></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br />Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/culture"><u>culture page</u></a> to understand what drives us and how we work.</p><h2><strong>The team</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><h2><strong>The opportunity</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are looking for an experienced finance and client asset professional to take on the role of Head of Finance & Custody for our VARA-regulated Dubai VASP entity. The role combines ownership of core financial and management reporting for the local entity with day-to-day oversight of the safeguarding of client money and client virtual assets (VAs) held under the entity's VASP Licence. The successful candidate will act as the bridge between Group Finance, Group Client Asset Office, and the local VARA-regulated business, and will be expected to build a robust control environment for a newly licensed entity operating across a compulsory and activity-specific VARA rulebook set.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is best suited to a tenacious, control-focused finance professional who is comfortable owning both traditional financial/regulatory reporting and custody/client-asset safeguarding obligations in a single remit, and who can operate with minimal supervision in a fast-evolving regulatory environment.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Finance & Regulatory Reporting</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own the delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual management and financial accounts for the VARA VASP entity, including budget-to-actuals review;</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare and submit VARA regulatory reporting packs (monthly, quarterly, and annual, as applicable) and act as the primary point of contact with VARA on finance-related information requests;</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare forecasts and budgets for the local entity in collaboration with the Group FP&A team, including ongoing review of paid-up capita