Risk Manager, CDNA (Risk and Operations, Asia)
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As a Risk Manager for CDNA at Crypto.com, you provide primary risk coverage during Asian and European hours for a fast-growing clearing house bridging traditional finance and digital markets. You monitor clearing member exposures, oversee settlement and pricing processes, and manage the operational risk controls that keep the clearing house safe and compliant. This role is based in Asia and positions you as the first line of response for overnight incidents.
What you'll do
- Provide primary risk coverage during Asian and European hours, monitoring clearing member exposures and margin adequacy in real time and escalating breaches, abnormal activity, and position spikes to senior management
- Oversee end-of-day settlement pricing processes and ensure the accuracy of cross-asset pricing data used for margin calculations and default management
- Oversee the risk components of client onboarding and provide ongoing market, credit, and liquidity risk monitoring
- Run the operational risk controls of the clearing house: guaranty fund and financial resource sufficiency, collateral eligibility and haircuts, and clearing member position limits and reportable thresholds
- Calibrate and execute stress testing and reverse stress testing of clearing member portfolios, and support default management drills and the associated reporting
- Design business requirements for clearing risk monitoring, including the daily risk pack for management
- Manage and respond to regulatory requests, routine audits, and inquiries from governing bodies such as the CFTC, NFA, and SEC
- Drive new product listing and product design from a clearing perspective, ensuring appropriate risk controls and cross-margining efficiencies are in place where applicable
- Lead the design and implementation of margin models, default management and liquidation strategies for the Clearing House, stepping in during operational issues with clearing members
- Perform quantitative research to evaluate default management procedures and systemic risk exposure
What you bring
- 5 to 10+ years of relevant working experience in clearinghouse risk, default management, operations, or a related field
- A degree or above in a quantitative discipline
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Strong understanding of equities, commodity products, futures, perpetuals, and other derivatives, including robust knowledge of pricing, valuation, funding rates, and cross-asset risk correlation
- A solid understanding of margin concepts, liquidations, Default Management frameworks, and direct trading experience, personal or professional
- Deep familiarity with clearing house rulebooks, policies, and submission procedures required to maintain operational compliance and risk governance
- A track record of making decisive operational risk calls with limited support during off-hours incidents, and of documenting them clearly for review the following morning
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to turn detailed risk metrics into clear summaries for senior leadership, clearing members, and regulators
- Good organizational and interpersonal skills, and the ability to think critically and strive for continuous improvement
Nice to have
- Experience with a CCP (Central Counterparty)
- Professional qualifications such as CFA and FRM
- Familiarity with CFTC, NFA, and SEC regulations, specifically as they apply to clearinghouses and DCO rules
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Attractive annual leave entitlement including birthday and work anniversary leave
- Flexi-work hours and hybrid or remote set-up
- Crypto.com Visa Card provided upon joining
- Internal mobility program offering career development opportunities
About Crypto.com
Founded in 2016, Crypto.com serves more than 80 million customers and is the world's fastest growing global cryptocurrency platform. Built on a foundation of security, privacy, and compliance, Crypto.com is committed to accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency through innovation and empowering builders, creators, and entrepreneurs to develop a fairer and more equitable digital ecosystem.
