Operations delivery lead; Europe

Hybrid role to be based 2-3 days a week in our Edinburgh or London office, travel between these offices and Bath will also be required at least monthly.

Seccl is the Octopus‑owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well. We’re B‑Corp certified with an amazing product‑market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We’ve been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years. We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the multi‑billion pound group that’s on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.

Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.

We’re looking for an Operations delivery lead to join our European expansion team. You’ll work closely with a cross‑functional squad that spans product, commercial, compliance and engineering, helping to shape the operational capabilities needed to support Seccl’s growth in Europe. The role will be central to adapting and scaling our custody and trading operations for European markets – helping to ensure our operating model is robust, efficient and ready to support customer firms as they grow.

This is a rare opportunity to build on Seccl’s existing platform and operational experience, helping to adapt and scale our proven capabilities as we expand into new European markets.

• Owning the operations workstream for the European launch across custody, assets and trading operations
• Designing and implementing operational processes including reconciliations, asset transfers, corporate actions, payments and trading
• Helping to shape the target operating model as the European business
• Acting as the point of coordination for complex operational issues and driving resolution end‑to‑end
• Supporting the onboarding of external partners, including defining operational requirements and assessing service levels
• Working with product and engineering to translate operational requirements into scalable platform capabilities
• Collaborating with compliance and regulatory leads to ensure processes meet local market expectations
• Identifying operational risks early and implementing pragmatic controls in a fast‑moving regulated environment

• You have strong experience in European custody and trading operations, ideally within a broker, custodian, fintech or platform business
• You understand the end‑to‑end lifecycle of trades and assets, including settlement, reconciliation, corporate actions and payments
• You have experience working across European markets and understand their operational nuances
• You’re comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment where structures and processes are continually tested, improved and scaled
• You can translate complex regulatory and operational requirements into clear, executable processes
• You’re hands‑on, equally comfortable designing processes as executing them
• You can make pragmatic decisions that balance speed, risk and scalability in a regulated environment
• You build strong cross‑functional relationships and communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• You rely on a lot of top‑down direction. Here, you’ll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you’ll be expected to shape your own progression
• You’re not comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet
• You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen
• You don’t like change. You’ll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty

• A competitive salary – dependant on experience + reviewed annually
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for…