Head of Risk

Description:

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor and lead risk teams across regions
• Design and manage comprehensive frameworks and rigorous risk and control policies to ensure proper regulatory compliance
• Define proper risk appetite and develop real-time risk monitoring models, quantitative metrics, and tools to effectively manage market, liquidity, operational risks etc.
• Perform market research, risk assessments, regular model performance testing, and maintain proper documentation to continuously improve the firm’s risk posture
• Timely and properly respond to risk incidents, perform in-depth investigations, and work closely with IT and cross-functional teams to develop appropriate systems and procedures to effectively mitigate incident rates
• Produce risk reports and work closely with senior management teams to promote firmwide risk-awareness
• Drive new framework implementation and participate in new product development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in a quantitative discipline including math, physics, statistics, engineering, computer science, financial engineering etc.
• Deep understanding of financial products (e.g. spot, futures, options), risk frameworks and regulatory landscape in the financial sector
• 8+ years of demonstrated risk management experience, and prior experience in the crypto industry is a big advantage
• Proven abilities in data analytics, quantitative modeling, and risk management
• Solid programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Proactive, detail-minded, and able to work effectively both independently and in a team environment
• Highly fluent in English and professional level or above in Mandarin