Risk Manager, Equities
Risk Manager, Equities
Risk Manager, Equities
Jump Trading
Jump Trading Group is seeking a Risk Manager for its Global Risk Management team, responsible for managing operational risk and evaluating trading strategies. The role emphasizes collaboration with front office teams and technology departments to enhance risk metrics and reporting. Ideal candidates will have strong risk management expertise and technical skills in a high-pressure environment.
Qualification
- Proven experience in risk management within financial markets or trading environments.
- Strong technical skills, particularly in quantitative analysis and risk assessment tools.
- Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure situations and make informed decisions quickly.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with various teams.
- A background in Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science is preferred.
Responsibility
- Serve as the NYC go-to operational risk partner: set and monitor exposure limits and guardrails with front office and Global Risk; operate existing controls and alerting; investigate, escalate, and document exceptions.
- Monitor factor/sector and liquidity/correlation exposures across strategies and firm-level aggregates using firm-provided tools; collaborate with Market Risk and other teams to ensure comprehensive risk oversight.
- Evaluate new trading strategies, markets, and products to assess their risk implications.
- Work with Core Development and Technology teams to advance the firm's internal risk layer, metrics, and reporting.
- Provide insights and recommendations to enhance risk management practices and tools.
