Boku Inc. (BOKU.L) is the leading global provider of local mobile-first payments solutions. Global brands including Amazon, DAZN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, and Tencent rely on Boku to reach millions of new paying consumers who do not use credit cards with our purpose-built payment network of more than 300 local payment methods across 70+ countries. Every year, Boku processes over $10 billion in value for our customers. Incorporated in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London and San Francisco and has employees in over 39 countries around the world, including Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the UAE. Boku is a truly global company that takes pride in its diversity and thriving equal opportunity workplace.
Role Purpose
We are building a scalable, automated and control-driven Treasury function to support a fast-growing cross-border payments platform with significant emerging market exposure. The role covers real-time liquidity management, multi-asset post-trade and settlement operations, payment flows across 70+ markets and process automation within a complex multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
You will help design and scale the processes and systems that power Boku’s global money movement, enabling merchants to access the best local payment methods worldwide. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants to build operating models, not just run them.
Key Responsibilities
Real-Time Global Liquidity
- Run daily cash positioning across Boku’s network, executing funding and repatriation of funds across regulated and capital-controlled markets.
- Oversee intraday liquidity within a complex multi-bank, multi-entity, multi-currency structure spanning 70+ markets.
- Navigate emerging market dynamics and regulatory constraints to ensure uninterrupted settlement.
- Support process optimisation and automation initiatives to maximise deployable cash and operational efficiency.
Global FX, Investment & Settlement Operations
- Execute settlements across FX (spot, forwards, swaps, NDFs) and short-term investments (MMFs, term deposits).
- Own the full post-trade lifecycle, including trade capture, confirmation matching, exception resolution and settlement execution.
- Execute Treasury payments across a global multi-bank network in high-volume, cross-border environments.
- Maintain robust operational controls across Treasury flows and settlement activities.
- Oversee SSI governance and strengthen settlement controls across global banking partners.
- Continuously improve processes, documentation and control standards.
Treasury Infrastructure
- Support the implementation and continuous enhancement of the TMS and related Treasury systems.
- Take an active role in migrating payment flows and settlement workflows into the TMS.
- Contribute to the design and continuous improvement of a Treasury operating model built for global scale and complexity.
New Markets & Product Expansion
- Support Treasury setup for new market and product launches, ensuring appropriate liquidity and settlement structures are in place.
- Collaborate with FX & Banking teams to expand and optimise Boku’s banking and FX network.
- Execute end-to-end settlement testing prior to go-live across new markets, counterparties and products.
Next-Generation Payment Rails & Digital Assets
- Support stablecoin on/off ramps, tokenised deposits and blockchain-based settlement flows.
- Develop operational capability across on-chain settlement processes.
Key Skills and Competencies
- 3+ years of experience in global corporate treasury, fintech, payments or institutional FX.
- Hands-on experience managing liquidity and settlement across multiple banks, entities and currencies.
- Understanding of FX instrument mechanics (spot, forwards, swaps, NDFs), investment products, hedging.
- Experience with post-trade lifecycle: trade reconciliation, issues resolution, settlement workflows.
- Emerging Market Experience: understanding of FX restrictions and non-standard settlement structures.
- Working knowledge of TMS platforms (Kyriba preferred) and exposure to system implementation projects (preferred).
- High ownership and operational discipline.
- Practical experience across process optimisation using automation and data tools and supporting the evolution of Treasury systems and workflows in a small, high-performance team.
- Familiarity with stablecoins, tokenised deposits or blockchain-based settlement infrastructure is a plus.
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or other related discipline.
- Strong technical understanding of FX markets, liquidity management, global banking infrastructure and products.
- Strong analytical and data capability.
