COO

Experience running operations within an FCA-regulated FX/CFD brokerage or similarly regulated financial environment. Working knowledge of CASS 6 and CASS 7, transaction reporting, and FX, CFD, and equity products. Strong stakeholder management skills across board members, compliance, banks, execution venues, and vendors. Ability to structure issues clearly with supporting analysis and documentation. Comfort working hands-on in a small, fast-changing business. Degree or equivalent qualification is desirable. Understanding of regulatory responsibilities, controls, and operational risk in a financial services setting. Kinsworth Investments is building a new kind of wealth management experience: premium, proactive, and digitally native. We are looking for an entrepreneurial Chief Operating Officer to help shape and run the custody and brokerage arm of the business, ensuring the operational foundation is robust, scalable, and aligned with a high standard of client service. In this role, you will oversee day-to-day brokerage and investment operations across trading, client onboarding, client money and custody, regulatory reporting, and partner management. You will work closely with compliance, technical, product, and leadership teams to keep the firm operating smoothly while supporting the CEO, CFO, and SMF holders in meeting their regulatory responsibilities. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building in a fast-moving environment and wants broad ownership across operations, controls, and external relationships. It is well suited to an operator who wants to have real impact and grow with the business. You will be joining a company that is rethinking how wealth management should feel for high-net-worth clients, with the chance to shape the operating model behind that ambition. Oversee the trading platform and client account structures with liquidity partners. Act as a Client Dealing certified person when required, handling client orders and trading queries. Manage relationships with execution, liquidity, and custody partners, including due diligence on new partners. Improve operational processes to make them more efficient, controlled, and scalable. Own the client onboarding journey, including account opening forms, KYC and EDD documentation, and appropriateness assessments. Apply client classification under COBS 3 in coordination with compliance review. Support client money and custody operations, including reconciliations and acknowledgement letters. Oversee regulatory reporting, business-change checks, governance documentation, and operational support for complaints and vendor due diligence. Competitive salary Flexible working Pension contributions Health and dental insurance Annual Conduct Rules and certification training Ongoing CASS, AML, and regulatory reporting updates