Risk Manager (Risk and Operations), United States
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As a Risk Manager (Risk and Operations) at Crypto.com, you manage real-time risk exposures, enforce regulatory compliance, and execute critical risk protocols across a multi-asset derivatives clearing ecosystem. You work with futures accounts spanning equities and digital assets, making swift decisions under pressure to protect the firm and its clients.
What you'll do
- Enforce regulatory standards set by the CFTC, NFA, and applicable derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs), compile regulatory risk reporting, support risk attestations, and liaise during regulatory audits.
- Monitor real-time and end-of-day risk exposures, client positions, and trading activities across all client futures accounts, identifying and escalating risk-limit breaches, abnormal trading activities, or position spikes to senior management.
- Evaluate client margin adequacy, enforcing initial and maintenance margin requirements, intraday margin calls, and variation margin coverage.
- Execute risk escalation protocols including placing trading restrictions, lowering credit limits, issuing margin calls, and executing partial or full account liquidations when accounts breach critical risk parameters.
- Exercise swift, decisive judgment to execute trade halts and liquidations during periods of extreme market volatility.
- Oversee and calibrate pre-trade risk controls, firm-specific position limits, exchange-imposed accountability levels, and reportable position thresholds.
- Evaluate risk implications, collateral requirements, and margin methodologies of new products, trading strategies, or client offerings prior to launch, collaborating with trading, operations, technology, and compliance teams.
- Perform client onboarding risk assessments and conduct ongoing market, credit, and liquidity risk monitoring.
What you bring
- 5 to 10+ years of hands-on experience in risk management, trading, or derivatives operations, ideally with an FCM, derivatives clearing firm, prime broker, or broker-dealer.
- A degree or above in a quantitative discipline.
- A strong understanding of equities, commodity products, futures, perpetuals, and other derivatives, including their multi-asset pricing mechanics and funding rates.
- Working knowledge of SPAN and portfolio-margining methodologies, and of how intraday and end-of-day margin calls are raised and met.
- Solid understanding of margin concepts, cross-margining efficiencies, liquidations, and direct trading experience (personal or professional).
- A track record of making swift, decisive risk calls under pressure, including trade halts and liquidations during extreme market volatility.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to turn detailed risk metrics into clear summaries for senior leadership, clients, and regulators.
- Self-motivation and the ability to work independently without supervision.
Nice to have
- Professional qualifications such as CFA or FRM.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Familiarity with CFTC, NFA, and SEC regulations.
What we offer
- Competitive salary.
- Attractive annual leave entitlement including birthday and work anniversary.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance.
- Flexible work hours and hybrid setup.
- Internal mobility program offering diverse career alternatives.
About Crypto.com
Founded in 2016, Crypto.com serves more than 150 million customers and is the world's fastest growing global cryptocurrency platform. The company is committed to accelerating cryptocurrency adoption through innovation and security, empowering builders, creators, and entrepreneurs to develop a fairer digital ecosystem.
