Head of Operations- North America

Sokin•New York, NY

3h•$170,000 - $210,000

About The Position

The Regional Head of Operations role reports to the Director of Global Operations and is responsible for leading the regional Operations team. You will be responsible for operational excellence across the North American region, working closely with compliance, product and tech to optimize internal processes and the customer experience and support strategic growth. This is a unique opportunity to lead within a fintech disrupting global payments, driving efficiency and excellence from one of the world’s fastest-growing financial centres. Sokin is a next-generation B2B financial services provider, enabling businesses to make and receive global payments with greater speed, lower cost, and total transparency. Our mission is simple: we’re simplifying global business - so businesses thrive wherever they choose to grow. We deliver services across: • Global payments and receivables • Foreign Exchange (FX) • Treasury management • Finance reconciliations We are rapidly expanding, with established presence in EMEA, APAC, and North America. Backed by a strong global infrastructure and industry-leading partners, we are redefining how businesses move money worldwide. Our clients span industries from sports and entertainment to logistics and travel, and our community is growing rapidly. As we continue to expand, we’re building a team of exceptional people who share our ambition to transform the future of global payments.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in payments or fintech operations, with a strong track record of leadership
Deep understanding of cross-border payments, transaction flows, FX, digital wallets and financial infrastructure
Deep understanding and experience of working in API-first environments
Experience operating in regulated environments and across multiple jurisdictions
Proven ability to scale operational teams and systems in high-growth fintech environments
Experience in trust and/or banking operations
Experience with trust/core banking platforms (e.g., FIS, SEI, Fiserv)
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Data-driven mindset with hands-on familiarity with tools for process optimization and reporting
Experience working in a scale-up environment
Candidates will need to have the right to work in the jurisdiction that they are looking to work in.

Responsibilities

Line management responsibilities for all Analysts in region, including Incident Leads
Managing regional team capacity and highlighting resource constraints that may limit the ability of the Operations team to support the company at scale
Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and improvement
Manage end-to-end operations for trust accounts: maintenance, asset transfers, distributions, and closures
Ensure timely, accurate processing of payments, settlements, and corporate actions
Oversee reconciliations across custodial, cash, and securities positions
Manage regulatory and fiduciary reporting obligations (trust accounting standards, audit requests)
Lead operations across the region, ensuring consistent service delivery and operational efficiency in both your region, and globally alongside the other Heads of Operations
Oversee payment processing, reconciliation, payment operations, and partner integrations, as well as customer onboarding and support experiences
Continuously identify and propose process efficiencies, particularly utilising AI tooling as appropriate, that can improve the speed and quality of customer support and throughout the onboarding process, as well as banking and other provider integrations
Embody, and build a team culture demonstrating the same high accountability, high ownership, high-performance principles expected of the Operations function
Continuously track and improve key team performance metrics and SLA expectations in relation to both customer support and customer onboarding to monitor performance and continually optimise operations
Collaborate with related teams such as Banking Partnerships and Relationship Management to ensure effective end-to-end action for key customer retention and third-party provider performance for providers in region
Partner with the product and engineering tribe leads to maintain visibility of Product Roadmaps for teams in region, ensuring suitable analyst coverage for requirements discovery and testing
Complaint handling including responding, tracking and reporting and ensuring all complaints are handled to the Sokin high standard and in-line with internal and regulatory requirements