Financial Risk Lead
Core
Own second-line oversight of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk; build the financial risk appetite, limit framework, and governance for a global fintech platform.
Role type
Senior IC financial risk lead (builder)
Builds
Enterprise margin policy, stress testing methodology, counterparty risk framework, and digital asset/tokenization risk protocols.
Domain
Financial services / Fintech / Digital Assets
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Financial risk management (market, credit, liquidity, counterparty), margin policy design, stress testing, scenario design, clearing/settlement mechanics, SEC/FINRA/CFTC/NFA regulatory knowledge, Python, SQL, agentic AI application, quantitative analysis, board-level communication
Preferred skills
Digital assets/stablecoins experience, derivatives/prediction markets, multi-currency funding, treasury management, risk analytics tooling, FRM/CFA/series licenses, advanced quantitative degree
Technologies
Python, SQL, BI tools, agentic AI frameworks
Responsibilities
Build financial risk appetite statement and limit framework; lead financial risk forum and reporting to Global Risk Committee/Board; own margin program including stress testing and sellout practices; partner with Treasury on liquidity risk; oversee pre-trade risk controls and kill switch governance; build counterparty risk framework for securities lending and clearing; own credit risk from margin lending; extend market risk to fractional shares and currency exposure; build risk framework for digital assets and tokenization; hire and develop the risk team; implement agentic AI for monitoring and exposure aggregation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC builder
