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AVP - eTrading & Digital Asset Risk

Salary

$100,000 - $160,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP) to join our eTrading & Digital Asset Risk team. The successful candidate will support the risk oversight, governance, and control framework across electronic trading and digital asset activities. You will partner with Front Office, Technology, and Control Functions to identify emerging risks, assess controls, and strengthen risk management across trading products, algorithms, and new technologies. This role will leverage data analytics, automation, and technical solutions to enhance risk monitoring, reporting, and strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collection and analysis of market data from various sources to ensure risk is correctly captured, modelled, and capitalised.
  • Escalation of critical risk issues or breaches to Traders and senior Risk Management Leadership teams.
  • Review and provision of feedback on market risk models, including change governance.
  • Internal, Regulatory, and Scenario stress testing for the Trading portfolio.
  • Execution of projects with market risk wide significance, such as FRTB, One Risk.

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

  • Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills.
  • Set objectives, coach employees, appraise performance, and determine reward outcomes.
  • Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.

Requirements:

  • Experience in market risk, electronic trading risk, operational risk, risk governance, or similar second-line risk functions.
  • Understanding of electronic and algorithmic trading controls and risk management frameworks.
  • Advanced experience with Alteryx and Tableau.
  • Data analysis, process automation, and technical development capabilities.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience using SQL, Python, AI tools, or other automation technologies.
  • Ability to analyze complex datasets and develop risk reporting, dashboards, and management information.
  • Stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
  • Knowledge of digital assets, algorithmic trading, data governance, or associated regulatory requirements.

Salary Information:

  • Minimum Salary: $100,000
  • Maximum Salary: $160,000

Skills

Required

  • market risk
  • electronic trading risk
  • operational risk
  • risk governance
  • Alteryx
  • Tableau
  • data analysis
  • process automation

Nice to have

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