Risk Manager Equities
You will serve as the operational risk partner for the New York office. You will monitor exposures, limits, controls, scenarios, and exceptions; investigate and escalate issues; coordinate with trading, operations, clearing, treasury, technology, and compliance; and use Python, SQL, and Excel for analysis and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Set and monitor exposure limits and guardrails
- Operate risk controls and alerting
- Investigate, escalate, and document exceptions
- Monitor factor, sector, liquidity, and correlation exposures
- Review scenario and stress outputs
- Perform daily and intraday risk monitoring
- Apply US equity market microstructure knowledge
- Liaise with prime brokers, clearing firms, and exchanges
- Triage trade-lifecycle issues
- Query firm datasets and automate reporting
Requirements
- At least 7 years of equities-focused risk or trading experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Operational risk knowledge across the trade lifecycle
- Prime brokerage and clearing knowledge
- Margin and financing knowledge
- Short inventory and locates knowledge
- Market access controls knowledge
- Exchange connectivity and trading systems knowledge
- Factor model and VaR experience
- US equity market microstructure knowledge
- Python
- SQL
- Bloomberg
- Advanced Excel
- Ability to communicate effectively with traders and technologists
- Availability for onsite work in New York and occasional off-hours support
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer-paid group term life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation and paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs