Global Head of Risk Management

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enhancements to the firm’s Risk Framework
• Update and maintain the firm’s Risk Manual as necessary
• Work closely with Senior Management on identifying and assessing risks of potential and existing business lines
• Participate in several management meetings per month
• Supervise and manage all employees of the Risk team globally
• Model, analyze, and optimize existing and new risk matrices
• Drive the development and implementation of analytical risk models to provide insight into the firm’s various trading activities
• Monitor risk on a real time basis, leveraging our monitoring and analysis framework to identify and communicate important risk-related information to traders and management
• Interpret and utilize quantitative results from risk reporting efforts and communicate these effectively
• Work directly with traders and senior management on escalated risk issues
• Collaborate with trading and development team members to design and employ risk controls in Geneva’s proprietary execution software
• Conduct regulatory reporting as required
• Manage trading limits and trading software risk settings within the firm
• Receive training for new asset classes that the firm intends to participate in

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in a quantitative discipline (physics, finance, economics, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent experience)
• At least 7 years’ relevant experience as a Senior Risk Manager in a derivatives trading environment
• Experience with futures, options, cryptocurrency, and power trading strategies and risk management
• Experience building various models to evaluate and represent derivative market risk, including Historical Simulation, VaR, Scenario Analysis/Stress Testing, Greeks, Option profiles, etc.
• Experience dealing directly with traders on risk-related issues
• Experience and comfort dealing directly with senior management on risk-related issues
• Deep understanding of futures and options trading (Fixed Income, FX, Equities, Commodities, etc.) and their Greeks
• Detailed knowledge of exchange traded derivative products with an emphasis on their risk characteristics
• Ability to handle high pressure situations
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage others
• Desire to work in a fast paced, collaborative, and entrepreneurial environment
• Deep understanding of US, European and Asian regulatory environments including Dodd-Frank, Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT), MiFID II and Japanese HST

Nice-to-Haves

• CFA, JD, and/or MBA
• Trading through or managing risk through a market-crisis (i.e. 9/11 or 2008 events)

Compensation

Base Salary Range: $225,000 - $300,000, plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, Geneva Trading offers a competitive total rewards package, including a comprehensive benefits program.