At a glance
- Experience
- 15+ years experience
- Location
- Sliema, Malta
About the role
- The Finance Director will lead the finance function for OKX in Malta and across the wider European footprint.
- This role holds direct accountability for the regulated European entity, its statutory and prudential reporting, and its relationship with supervisory authorities.
- Based in Malta, the position requires acting as a commercial partner to the business as it scales across Europe.
Responsibilities
- Lead the finance function for OKX's Malta regulated entity and support the wider European business.
- Own statutory and regulatory reporting for the entity, including prudential submissions and the accuracy of information filed with supervisory authorities.
- Act as the senior finance representative in engagement with European regulators, covering routine supervision, information requests, examinations and remediation.
- Own the regulatory finance agenda across the regimes the business operates under, including MiCA, payment institution and electronic money institution requirements, MiFID investment services and banking.
- Manage prudential obligations, including own funds, capital adequacy, liquidity and the safeguarding of customer funds.
- Lead the finance workstream for new licence applications, authorisations and expansion into additional European markets.
- Deliver core financial control across IFRS and local statutory reporting, month-end close, external audit and treasury.
- Lead planning, forecasting, budgeting and unit economics, and provide the analysis behind pricing, investment and market-entry decisions.
- Partner with the European leadership team, supporting growth while constructively challenging commercial plans.
- Build, lead and develop the finance team in Malta, and represent finance to the board, auditors and regulators.
Requirements
- 15+ years of finance experience in European financial services, including significant time in a senior finance leadership role.
- Direct accountability for the finance function of a regulated European entity, covering statutory reporting, prudential submissions and supervisory engagement.
- A track record with European regulators across authorisation, regulatory reporting, examination or remediation.
- Regulatory experience in two or more of the following: MiCA and crypto-asset services, payment institutions and electronic money institutions, MiFID investment services, and banking.
- Strong working knowledge of the European payments and digital finance framework, including PSD2, the evolving PSD3 and PSR framework, safeguarding, own funds, liquidity and prudential reporting.
- Experience operating across multiple European jurisdictions within a group structure.
- Deep expertise in IFRS, local statutory reporting, consolidation, external audit and month-end close.
- Strong commercial finance capability across planning, forecasting, unit economics, pricing, investment appraisal and scenario analysis.
- A record of financial analysis shaping product economics, pricing, market entry or resource allocation.
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or an equivalent professional qualification.
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
Workplace
- Based in Malta
- Some flexibility to work across time zones will be required
Skills
- IFRS
- PSD2
- PSD3
- PSR
