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NEXT Ventures

NEXT Ventures is a global fintech group that operates FundedNext, a leading proprietary trading platform, and is expanding into the CFD broker industry. With a diverse team of over 450 professionals across five countries, they serve more than 220,000 daily active traders from over 170 countries, focusing on changing lives through vision and innovation.

<div><h4 class="jobSectionHeader">Who We Are</h4>
NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world&rsquo;s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm&mdash;220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.<h4 class="jobSectionHeader">
Your Role in Our Mission</h4>
As Head of Compliance, you will lead the global compliance framework across FundedNext&rsquo;s proprietary trading platform and FN Markets&rsquo; CFD brokerage operations. You will act as the firm&rsquo;s regulatory anchor, ensuring adherence to CySEC, ESMA, DFSA, SCA, CMA, VARA, and other frameworks. In this role, you will advise the Board and senior leadership on regulatory strategy, oversee AML/CFT programs, and embed compliance into every aspect of our trading platforms and product design.
How You&rsquo;ll Make an Impact
Regulatory Leadership &amp; Governance<ul><li>
Define and lead compliance strategy across prop trading and CFD brokerage operations.</li><li>
Ensure alignment with CySEC, ESMA, DFSA, SCA, CMA, VARA, and other regulators.</li><li>
Manage licensing, audits, regulatory reporting, and remediation across jurisdictions.</li><li>
Establish compliance policies, controls, and monitoring tailored to leveraged trading environments.</li></ul>
Trading Conduct &amp; Risk Oversight<ul><li>
Oversee surveillance frameworks to detect market abuse and prohibited trading practices.</li><li>
Ensure robust controls over leverage, margin, liquidation, and drawdown limits.</li><li>
Provide oversight on execution quality, pricing integrity, and A-book/B-book models.</li></ul>
Financial Crime Compliance (AML/CFT)<ul><li>
Lead AML/CFT programs including KYC/KYB, sanctions, transaction monitoring, and EDD.</li><li>
Act as MLRO, ensuring suspicious activity reporting and regulatory escalation.</li><li>
Implement fraud prevention controls for online trading environments.</li></ul>
Product &amp; Business Enablement<ul><li>
Embed compliance into trading platforms, onboarding flows, and product design.</li><li>
Approve new products (e.g., CFDs across asset classes) and ensure compliant marketing practices.</li><li>
Support market expansion with compliant operating models.</li></ul><h4 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You Bring</h4><ul><li>
10+ years of compliance experience in brokerage, CFD, proprietary trading, or leveraged trading environments.</li><li>
Strong regulatory expertise across CySEC/ESMA and Middle East regulators (DFSA, SCA, CMA, VARA).</li><li>
Deep understanding of CFD products, leverage/margin frameworks, and execution models (A-book/B-book).</li><li>
Proven experience managing AML/CFT programs and regulatory audits.</li><li>
Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and board engagement skills.</li><li>
Degree in Law, Finance, Business, or related field; CAMS/ICA or similar certifications preferred.</li></ul><h4 class="jobSectionHeader">
Your X-Factor</h4><ul><li>
Ability to safeguard FundedNext and FN Markets&rsquo; license to operate across regulated jurisdictions.</li><li>
Trusted advisor to the Board and leadership, balancing risk management with business growth.</li><li>
Embeds compliance into product innovation, making regulatory rigor a competitive advantage.</li><li>
Positions NEXT Ventures as a trusted leader in prop trading and CFD markets globally.</li></ul><h4 class="jobSectionHeader">
Your Journey after Applying</h4><ul><li>
30‑minute HR interview with Talent Acquisition.</li><li>
45‑minute Brand &amp; Marketing Strategy Session (with department manager).</li><li>
60‑minute Final Interview (with Head of Department &amp; Talent Acquisition Lead).</li></ul><h4 class="jobSectionHeader">
Why Join NEXT</h4>
We offer a competitive salary aligned with industry standards, along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes performance incentives, health coverage, and professional development opportunities.
At NEXT Group, we foster a performance-driven culture that emphasizes agility, excellence and growth within a professional, balanced work environment across our global organization.</div>

Head of Compliance

<div>Who We Are
NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world's most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm&mdash;220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.
Your Role in Our Mission
Employee Experience Specialist driving the execution of accurate, compliant, and seamless HR operations for the Dubai hub at NEXT Ventures. Partnering with the Global Head of Employee Experience, IT, Finance, and PRO services to deliver every moment of the employee lifecycle &mdash; from offer to exit &mdash; with rigor and care. Owning visa lifecycles, benefits, office operations, and cross-hub mobility to keep our Dubai team productive, supported, and Day 1 ready.
How You'll Make an Impact
Employee Onboarding &amp; Lifecycle<ul><li>
Run end-to-end onboarding for new joiners in Dubai: offer issuance, background verification, documentation, visa and labour contract coordination, and Day 1 readiness (workstation, email, access, orientation).</li><li>
Own lifecycle transactions &mdash; confirmations, transfers, role changes, promotions, exits &mdash; keeping HRIS records, contracts, and payroll inputs accurate and current.</li><li>
Manage offboarding: clearance, exit interview coordination, final settlement inputs (including end-of-service gratuity), visa cancellation coordination, asset recovery, and handover documentation.</li><li>
Maintain employee files (digital and physical) and keep the function audit-ready at all times, in line with UAE labour and data-retention requirements.</li><li>
Own the end-to-end work visa and permit lifecycle for employees and their dependents &mdash; employment visas, Emirates ID, labour cards, medical typing, renewals, amendments, and cancellations &mdash; coordinating with PRO services, MOHRE, GDRFA, and the relevant free zone authorities.</li></ul>
Benefits Administration<ul><li>
Administer employee benefits &mdash; health insurance (including dependents where applicable), group life, leave, allowances, and any local benefits &mdash; covering enrolments, changes, claims coordination, and vendor follow-ups.</li><li>
Serve as the first point of contact for benefits queries; resolve or escalate against clear SLAs.</li><li>
Track utilisation and costs; flag anomalies or policy gaps to the Global Head of Employee Experience.</li><li>
Coordinate annual renewals with insurance brokers and benefits vendors; support benchmarking and policy refinement.</li></ul>
Office Administration<ul><li>
Keep the Dubai office running: front-desk, housekeeping, pantry, meeting rooms, courier, supplies, and vendor management.</li><li>
Manage travel, accommodation, and visa support for employees &mdash; including cross-hub movements under the Foreign Assignment &amp; Relocation Policy.</li><li>
Oversee office-related vendor contracts (cleaning, security, maintenance, stationery, pantry) and coordinate payments with Finance.</li><li>
Support event execution &mdash; town halls, offsites, leadership visits, celebrations, and visitor logistics in the Dubai hub.</li><li>
Liaise with building management, free zone / mainland authorities, and PRO services as required.</li></ul>
IT &amp; Equipment Enablement<ul><li>
Partner with IT to ensure every employee has the right equipment &mdash; laptop, peripherals, phone, software licenses, access cards &mdash; before Day 1, and functioning equipment throughout their tenure.</li><li>
Maintain the asset register for the Dubai hub: issuance, returns, repairs, replacements, and write-offs.</li><li>
Triage and route IT tickets, escalate blockers, and close the loop with employees.</li><li>
Coordinate with IT on access provisioning and de-provisioning for joiners, movers, and leavers.</li></ul>
Cross-Hub Coordination<ul><li>
Act as the Dubai-side operational partner for the Global Head of Employee Experience on org-wide HR operations initiatives.</li><li>
Support cross-hub employee transfers and relocations into and out of Dubai, including logistics, documentation, and settling-in.</li><li>
Contribute to the standardisation of HR operations processes, SLAs, and tooling across hubs.</li></ul>
What You Bring<ul><li>
4&ndash;6 years of experience in HR Operations, HR Shared Services, or a combined HR&ndash;Admin role &mdash; preferably in a multi-location organisation in fintech, financial services, or technology.</li><li>
Hands-on experience running onboarding, HRIS data management, benefits administration, and office / vendor management.</li><li>
Prior experience in the UAE (or wider GCC) with hands-on exposure to UAE labour law, employment visa and work permit processes, Emirates ID issuance, and MOHRE / free zone requirements is strongly preferred.</li><li>
Bachelor's degree required; Master's / MBA in HR or a related field preferred.</li><li>
High attention to detail, strong sense of confidentiality, and ability to manage sensitive data.</li><li>
Comfortable working with stakeholders across multiple geographies and time zones.</li><li>
Excellent written and verbal English communication.</li><li>
Experience in fintech, trading, or fast-scaling tech environments.</li><li>
Familiarity with HRIS platforms (BambooHR, Workday, etc.) and ATS systems.</li><li>
Working relationships with PRO service providers and free zone authorities in Dubai (DMCC, DIFC, DAFZA, IFZA, or similar).</li></ul>
Your Journey After Applying<ul><li>
30-minute HR Session with the Talent Acquisition team</li><li>
60-minute Session with the Global Head of Employee Experience</li><li>
60-minute Session with the Chief People Officer</li></ul>
Why Join NEXT
At NEXT Ventures, every paycheck and every permit represents a person we've trusted to build with us. Join us to power the payroll and mobility engine behind a global workforce &mdash; where precision meets purpose.
Your next chapter in global operations begins here.</div>

Assistant Manager — Employee Experience & Administration

<div>Who We Are
NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world's most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm &mdash; 220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.
Your Role in Our Mission
Trading and Risk Advisor (CFD) bringing senior, hands-on leadership to the design, oversight, and continuous improvement of trading operations across NEXT Ventures' CFD activity. Partnering with Trading, Quant, Engineering, Risk, and executive leadership to deliver execution quality, dealing oversight, and risk frameworks that scale with our global growth. Ensuring production-grade resilience, governance excellence, and operational rigor across multi-asset CFD flows.
How You'll Make an Impact
Trading Operations &amp; Execution Oversight<ul><li>
Advise on the end-to-end CFD trading operations stack across FX, indices, commodities, equity CFDs, and crypto CFDs.</li><li>
Oversee electronic execution logic, pricing engines, and aggregation of liquidity from multiple liquidity providers.</li><li>
Define and monitor execution quality and market-impact KPIs; recommend improvements to spread, slippage, fill-rate performance and risk frameworks.</li><li>
 Advise on A-book / B-book routing logic, internalisation strategy, and the conditions under which client flow is hedged externally.</li><li>
Translate trading strategy into detailed execution playbooks, monitoring tools, and operational guidelines for dealing and trading teams.</li><li>
Define and implement a customer profile based on trading strategies on multiple levels.</li></ul>
Risk Framework Design &amp; Production Oversight<ul><li>
 Design and supervise risk frameworks covering market exposure, abusive trading activities, and execution risk for the CFD book.</li><li>
 Set and review limits at instrument, asset class, client tier, and book level; advise on stress testing and scenario analysis.</li><li>
Advise on hedging strategies for residual exposure, including timing, venue selection, and cost-of-hedge analytics.</li><li>
Provide oversight of client risk profiles and leverage frameworks</li><li>
Act as the subject-matter expert for trading and risk infrastructure, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and operational resilience under stress.</li><li>
Propose the architecture of the abuse detection framework, risk parameters, and behavioural constraints that govern the trader population</li></ul>
Liquidity &amp; Risk Infrastructure<ul><li>
 Advise on selection, onboarding, and ongoing review of liquidity providers, prime brokers (PoPs), and technology vendors.</li><li>
 Support negotiation of commercial and operational terms with LPs and PoPs</li><li>
Recommend improvements to trading infrastructure resilience, monitoring, and incident response.</li><li>
Identify platform vulnerabilities and exploit patterns and recommend countermeasures</li></ul> 
What You Bring<ul><li>
 Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.</li><li>
8+ years of progressive trading experience, including significant exposure to senior dealing, market making, or trading risk roles within a regulated brokerage, market maker, or trading firm.</li><li>
Deep expertise in CFDs or comparable OTC derivative products across at least two of: FX, indices, commodities, equity CFDs, crypto CFDs.</li><li>
 Proven track record of running or advising on live execution and risk in production environments &mdash; not purely model or research work.</li><li>
 Direct experience with A-book / B-book risk frameworks, hedging strategy, and client flow analysis.</li><li>
Strong understanding of electronic execution: aggregation, order routing, latency, mark-up logic, and post-trade analytics.</li><li>
Working fluency in Python and SQL for trading data analysis, KPI design, and ad-hoc investigations.</li><li>
 Experience with regulated entities under at least one of ASIC, CySEC, FCA, DFSA, FSCA, Labuan FSA, SC Malaysia, or comparable regulators.</li><li>
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, adept at navigating executive and cross-regional complexities.</li><li>
 High integrity, discretion, and resilience in high-performance, confidential trading environments.</li></ul>
Your X-Factor<ul><li>
 Combines market intuition with engineering rigor &mdash; designing trading systems that balance speed, control, and resilience.</li><li>
 Speaks the language of both markets and code, bridging traders, quants, engineers, and risk teams with equal fluency.</li><li>
 Thrives in complexity &mdash; bringing structure and clarity to fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional trading environments.</li><li>
Champions a culture of operational excellence rooted in transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.</li></ul>
Your Journey After Applying<ul><li>30-minute HR Session with the Talent Acquisition team</li><li>60-minute Session with the Top Management</li></ul>
Why Join NEXT
At NEXT Ventures, performance is more than numbers &mdash; it's the pulse that drives innovation and impact. Join us to architect a world-class trading and risk ecosystem that powers performance-based capital across continents. Be part of the team that turns market opportunity into operational excellence and ambition into measurable results.
Your next chapter in global trading leadership begins here.</div>

Trading and Risk Advisor — CFD

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Head of Compliance

Assistant Manager — Employee Experience & Administration

Trading and Risk Advisor — CFD