Group Operations Manager

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• ***Banking and treasury***
• Own bank account management and payment authorisation across all group entities and jurisdictions
• Maintain banking relationships and ensure smooth day-to-day treasury operations
• Monitor cash positions and flag issues to senior leadership proactively
• ***Company secretarial and governance***
• Company secretarial and statutory compliance across all entities: the UK, BVI, Cayman Islands, QFC, and DIFC
• Maintain statutory registers, minute books, and corporate records to audit-ready standard
• Coordinate with external legal counsel, registered agents, and regulatory bodies across jurisdictions
• Ensure all entities meet filing deadlines and regulatory obligations
• ***Investment vehicle and shareholder matters (BVI/Asia)***
• Support the Managing Director on investment realisation processes including documentation, counterparty correspondence, execution logistics
• Draft and manage shareholder communications
• Maintain investor records and support reporting obligations
• ***Listed company and transaction support (UK)***
• Operational and administrative support to directors of the group's listed entity
• Review and coordinate documentation in connection with a planned reverse takeover process
• Liaise with advisers and ensure the operational side of the transaction is well managed
• ***AI venture (Doha)***
• Primary operational liaison with QFC and QSTP
• Budget preparation, monitoring, and variance reporting
• Patent administration and filing coordination
• Work as an operational peer to the venture’s senior leadership team, providing the operational backbone the business needs at this stage
• This is a growing venture so you should expect new responsibilities to emerge as the business develops, and embrace them
• ***Finance and team (Doha/Dubai)***
• Manage and develop the finance, admin, and operations team
• Own budgeting, cash monitoring, and financial reporting across entities
• Review management accounts across entities, ensuring timely and accurate monthly and quarterly reporting to support senior leadership decision-making
• Own the annual audit process across all entities — coordinate with external auditors, manage information requests, resolve queries, and ensure audits are completed on schedule; act as the primary operational point of contact for auditors across the group
• What you'll bring
• 6–10 years in an operations, finance, or multi-entity management role
• Comfortable handling company secretarial obligations across BVI, Cayman, UK, QFC, and DIFC
• Experienced in multi-entity bank account management across jurisdictions
• Experienced dealing with banks, auditors, lawyers, and registered agents as the senior operational contact
• Genuinely interested in AI and new technology where you follow developments, you're curious, and you're willing to get hands-on with tools that make you more effective
• Comfortable operating in an evolving environment where the scope of your role will grow over time
• Highly self-directed: you work well remotely, manage your own priorities, and don't need close supervision to deliver
• Discreet, professional, and able to represent the group credibly with external counterparties
• Confident and credible when working with senior members of the firm — able to communicate clearly, manage upward, and hold your own in substantive discussions without needing things escalated or translated.