Forex Country Manager - Japan market

JOB OPENING

Forex Country Manager – Japan market

Supporting Country:

Japan

Location:

Japan

Vacancy ID:

VAC3660

Job Description

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and direction to the local Team, ensuring alignment with global and regional business goals.
- Develop and Execute country-level business plans, growth strategies, and operational initiatives.
- Represent the company at local industry events, regulatory forums, and strategic business meetings.
- identify, evaluate, and pursue new business opportunities to expand market share.
- build and strengthen relationships with partners, Introducing Brokers (IBs), Affiliates, institutions, and Key stakeholders.
- Lead market expansion initiatives, including new product launches, regional partnerships, and targeted campaigns.
- manage the full P&L of the local entity, ensuring revenue growth and profitability.
- Prepare and oversee budgets, forecasting, and financial performance reports.
- oversee daily operations—including customer service, logistics, compliance, and local support—ensuring high performance.
- Streamline operational workflows to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
- ensure full compliance with local regulatory requirements, license obligations, reporting standards, AML/KYC guidelines, and FX brokerage rules.
- Recruit, Lead, and grow a high-performing, cross-functional local team.
- build and nurture strong relationships with regulators, industry bodies, government stakeholders, IBs, partners, and Institutional clients.

Description

Our client is a dynamic forex brokerage firm committed to providing traders with seamless access to global financial markets. Specializing in foreign exchange (FX) trading, They offer a robust and user-friendly trading environment designed to support both beginner and experienced traders.

The Country Manager is responsible for leading and expanding the company's operations within the local market, ensuring strong commercial performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. This role provides strategic direction and oversees all business functions, including business development, sales, financial performance, customer operations, and people management. The Country Manager will drive market growth by identifying new opportunities, developing strategic partnerships, and optimizing country-level operations to align with global objectives. A key focus of the role is ensuring the brokerage adheres to local regulations while maintaining a strong ethical and compliance-driven business environment. This position requires a dynamic leader with deep knowledge of the forex and CFD trading landscape, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to build, mentor, and manage high-performing teams.

Education and Experience

- 8to10+ years of experience in financial services, specifically forex, CFDs, or online trading brokerage. - Experience managing country-level operations, including P&L and budgeting responsibility. - Previous leadership experience managing cross-functional teams.

Skills and Behaviours

Proven success in driving business development, revenue growth, and sales management.
- Background in running or expanding a regulated brokerage entity is highly desirable
- strong knowledge of local regulatory requirements for Forex brokerage operations.
- Familiarity with licensing requirements, reporting processes, AML/KYC standards, and risk management frameworks.
- ability to serve as a responsible officer or compliance point-of-contact depending on jurisdiction
- strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, mentor, and Develop teams.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- strategic thinker who can also Execute operationally.
- high analytical capability with Experience evaluating business performance and market trends.
- strong decision-making skills with a solution-oriented mindset.
- Native language proficiency in the respective market

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