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Risk Management Officer

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Summary

Monitor and manage daily trading risks for an AI-driven online brokerage, including margin financing, client leverage, market volatility, and regulatory compliance.

About Us

Longbridge is a new-generation, AI-driven online brokerage on a mission to make investing smarter, simpler, and more accessible for everyone. Headquartered in Singapore, we are redefining the investment journey by connecting the stages of "Discovery → Learning → Trading." With our proprietary AI assistant, Longbridge AI, and a cloud-native infrastructure, we provide retail investors with institutional-grade insights and a seamless global trading network. At Longbridge, you won’t just be working for a brokerage; you’ll be building the future of financial infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

Daily Risk Monitoring

  • Monitor daily margin financing exposure, collateral positions, concentration limits, and client leverage across multiple markets.
  • Review client positions and identify abnormal trading activities, excessive leverage, or potential liquidation risks.
  • Monitor margin utilization, financing limits, and exposure to individual securities, sectors, and markets.
  • Perform daily monitoring of overnight risk exposure across global markets.

Credit & Client Risk

  • Conduct credit assessments for retail, high-net-worth (HNW), institutional, and corporate clients.
  • Review and approve client credit limit applications and annual credit reviews.
  • Assess client requests relating to margin financing, securities withdrawals, and fund withdrawals.
  • Recommend appropriate credit limits based on client financial profiles and risk appetite.

Market & Counterparty Risk

  • Monitor market volatility and assess its impact on client portfolios and firm-wide exposure.
  • Prepare stress testing and scenario analysis for equity, options, futures, FX, and fixed income portfolios.
  • Monitor counterparty exposures and prepare periodic counterparty risk assessments.
  • Analyze concentration risks on individual securities, sectors, exchanges, and counterparties.

Product & Trading Risk

  • Configure and maintain margin ratios, collateral eligibility, and risk parameters for newly listed securities, corporate actions, derivatives, and structured products.
  • Review risk settings for equities, ETFs, options, futures, bonds, and other investment products.
  • Monitor contract specifications including futures multipliers, option contract adjustments, and exchange announcements.

Regulatory Reporting & Compliance

  • Prepare and submit regulatory reports to MAS, SGX, and other applicable regulators within required timelines.
  • Ensure compliance with internal risk policies, regulatory requirements, and risk governance frameworks.
  • Support internal and external audits relating to risk management activities.

Risk Analytics & Reporting

  • Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly risk dashboards for senior management.
  • Produce reports covering: Margin exposure, Client concentration, Security concentration, Counterparty exposure, Stress testing, Liquidity risk, Credit utilization
  • Analyze emerging market events and recommend proactive risk mitigation measures.

Process Improvement & Automation

  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Quant teams to enhance risk monitoring systems.
  • Participate in developing automated risk controls, alert mechanisms, and risk dashboards.
  • Continuously improve risk management processes and operational efficiency through automation and data analytics.

Ad-hoc Projects

  • Support new product launches by performing risk assessments.
  • Participate in enterprise-wide risk initiatives, system enhancements, and special projects assigned by management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
  • 3–5 years of experience in Risk Management within a brokerage, securities firm, investment bank, fintech, or financial institution.
  • Strong understanding of: Margin financing, Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income products, Capital markets
  • Familiarity with market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk concepts.
  • Knowledge of MAS, SGX, or other securities regulatory requirements is highly preferred.
  • Experience using Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Wind, or other market data platforms is advantageous.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in Excel and SQL; experience with Python, Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools is an advantage.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in an online brokerage or digital wealth platform.
  • Experience supporting multi-asset products across global markets.
  • Familiarity with automated risk monitoring systems and real-time risk controls.
  • Professional certifications such as FRM or CFA are advantageous.

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