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Senior Market Risk Manager

Open 26d

You will provide second-line oversight of market risk across trading activities. You will partner with trading desks to understand strategies and exposures, enhance risk limits and stress testing, investigate risk breaches and P&L anomalies, and support regulatory governance, audits, and risk reporting. You will also apply automation and AI to improve risk processes, independently challenge new strategies, and mentor junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with trading desks to understand strategies, exposures, and emerging risks across ETFs, fixed income, FX, digital assets, and options.
  • Support the development and oversight of market risk appetite, limits, stress testing, and intraday controls.
  • Monitor portfolio risk, investigate breaches and P&L anomalies, and drive risk mitigation initiatives.
  • Design and enhance cross-asset stress testing, risk analytics, and monitoring methodologies.
  • Leverage AI and automation to improve risk monitoring, reporting, and operational efficiency.
  • Support regulatory requirements, governance processes, audits, and risk committee reporting.
  • Independently challenge new trading strategies and mentor junior team members.

Requirements

  • 6–10 years of relevant experience in market risk, front-office risk, or trading.
  • Hands-on experience across at least two core asset classes: ETFs, bonds, FX, digital assets, or options.
  • Experience in an IFR/IFD or equivalent CRR/Basel environment, including ICARAP or similar processes.
  • Strong understanding of VaR, stress testing, Greeks, and concentration metrics.
  • Familiarity with options and derivatives, particularly for ETFs and digital assets.
  • Proficiency in SQL, Excel, and Python.
  • Interest in applying AI tools to risk processes and operational efficiency.
  • University degree in a quantitative field such as finance, mathematics, physics, engineering, or econometrics.
  • Excellent communication with traders and senior management.
  • Fluency in English.

Benefits

  • Flow Academy.
  • Opportunities to attend domain-related conferences.
  • Daily catered lunch.
  • Coffee, stocked kitchen, and snack bar.
  • In-house bar and lounge with arcade, table tennis, billiards, and game consoles.
  • Company boat.
  • In-house gym.
  • Sessions with a nutritionist or personal trainer.
  • Bi-weekly massages.
  • Annual company trip.
  • Company events.
  • Global rotations across worldwide offices.
  • Annual discretionary profit share.
  • Comprehensive benefits.

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