Senior Risk Manager (Financial Risk)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a rapidly growing, FCA-regulated fintech client in their search for a Senior Risk Manager specializing in Financial Risk. This is a critical second line of defence role overseeing liquidity risk, market risk, and counterparty credit risk across a high-growth investment platform. You'll work closely with Treasury, Trading, and Finance teams to ensure robust risk frameworks and regulatory compliance in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent second line oversight, challenge, and assurance over the firm's liquidity risk, market risk, and counterparty credit risk exposures, ensuring adherence to Board-approved risk appetite
• Own and enhance the monitoring framework for liquidity risk, including funding risk, market liquidity risk, intra-day liquidity risk, settlement risk, foreign currency position risk, and liquidity concentration risk
• Challenge market risk exposures including interest rate risk, FX risk, trading risk, asset concentration risk, and exposure to extreme market events
• Oversee the counterparty credit risk framework, including credit processing, aggregation risk, credit appetite and policy, and identification of emerging credit risks
• Provide second line input into the ICARA process, challenging liquidity and capital adequacy methodologies and assumptions
• Ensure the Wind-Down Plan is fit for purpose, triggered appropriately via early warning indicators, and regularly tested and updated per regulatory expectations
• Oversee liquidity stress testing and scenario analysis, including severe but plausible and reverse stress test scenarios
• Review and challenge first line risk management effectiveness, including liquidity buffers, trading limits, and counterparty credit limits
• Support identification and enhancement of quantitative and qualitative risk appetite measures for financial risk
• Deliver periodic independent assurance through thematic reviews and deep dives into Treasury operations and counterparty exposure management
• Provide second line risk review for new products, trading venues, asset classes, and strategic initiatives
• Foster a healthy risk culture promoting transparent discussion of financial risk issues

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience in liquidity risk, market risk, and/or counterparty credit risk management, ideally within an FCA-regulated investment firm, broker, or trading platform
• Strong working knowledge of the FCA's MIFIDPRU framework, including the ICARA process, liquidity adequacy assessment, and Wind-Down Planning
• Solid understanding of Treasury functions, including funding, liquidity buffer management, and collateral management
• Understanding of counterparty credit risk assessment methodologies, including exposure aggregation, credit appetite setting, and counterparty due diligence
• Proven second line of defence experience with ability to provide credible, evidence-based challenge to first line stakeholders including Treasury, Trading, and Finance
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience with stress testing and scenario analysis
• Effective communication and report-writing skills, with experience presenting to senior management and Board-level committees
• Experience with Recovery and Resolution Planning highly desirable
• Proficiency in risk management tools and software

How We Work With You

Get A Job.ai partners with leading fintech organizations to connect exceptional risk professionals with career-defining opportunities. When you apply through our platform, one of our specialist recruiters will conduct an initial screening to understand your experience and career goals. We'll then submit qualified candidates directly to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly—all applications and communications must go through Get A Job.ai to be considered for this role.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed with qualified candidates during the screening process.

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