Risk Manager – US Options (Capital Markets)

About the Role

The Risk Manager plays a key role in supporting the firm’s trading activities by providing hands-on risk oversight across client, account and firm-level exposures. The role combines real-time risk operations and monitoring with portfolio risk management, including market, credit, liquidity and operational risk across multiple asset classes in both linear and non-linear products. Particular emphasis is placed on options risk, including margin, Greeks, stress testing, concentration and liquidation risk. The role provides coverage during US options market hours. This is a hands-on role suited to an organized and analytical professional who is comfortable working in a fast-paced trading environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day risk operations across the firm’s product suite, ensuring timely identification, investigation and escalation of risk issues.
• Monitor real-time P&L, exposures, margin utilization, collateral and risk metrics at client, account, group and firm level.
• Support pre- and post-trade risk controls, including setting and maintaining approved risk parameters.
• Monitor trading activity and risk infrastructure, investigating unusual positions, risk breaches, alerts, discrepancies and unexpected risk outcomes, and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Administer account and trading setup, including risk configurations, market data, order routing and related controls.
• Assess portfolio risk across linear and non-linear products, including Greeks, volatility, concentration, liquidity and gap risk.
• Conduct and support stress testing of portfolios and individual positions, including adverse market, volatility and liquidity scenarios.
• Oversee margin calls, forced liquidations and the orderly reduction of client and firm exposures, including manual intervention where required.
• Support risk management information and reporting for senior management, committees and governance forums.
• Provide risk input into new products, markets, clients, trading strategies and other strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate control effectiveness, identify control gaps and support the development and tracking of remediation plans.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of risk policies, limits, methodologies and governance.
• Promote pragmatic risk solutions that balance commercial objectives, operational resilience and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a STEM discipline.
• Relevant experience in risk, trading or operations within a broker, investment firm, hedge fund, asset manager or bank.
• Strong understanding of derivatives and options risk, including Greeks, volatility, margin, stress testing, concentration and liquidation risk.
• Good understanding of the trade lifecycle, clearing, settlement and investment/trading operations.
• Experience working with order management systems (OMS), portfolio management systems (PMS) and market data platforms is an advantage.
• Strong Excel skills; SQL, Python or automation experience is a plus.
• Willingness to work shifts and provide coverage during US market hours.
• Fluency in English.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Exposure to a broad range of investment products and markets.
• A collaborative, high-performing and supportive work environment.

If you are passionate about financial markets and thrive in a fast-paced investment environment, we would love to hear from you.