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Avenir Group

Risk Control Manager

Avenir Group, San Francisco, CA, US, 94199

Duration: Full Time

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The Risk Control Manager will lead the Risk and Reporting function, ensuring the integrity and success of trading operations across cash, derivatives, and volatility trading. This role requires strong quantitative experience, with the ability to develop and implement VaR (Value-at-Risk), stress testing, and scenario analysis models. The candidate will work closely with trading desks, central finance, and control functions to analyze, mitigate, and monitor trading risks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Develop and implement risk models such as VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis to assess market exposure across different trading strategies.
  2. Identify and analyze market risk factors affecting various types of trading, including cash, derivatives, and structured products.
  3. Provide real-time monitoring and reporting of trading risk metrics, limits, and breaches, ensuring adherence to internal risk policies.
  4. Establish and continuously refine systematic trading limits aligned with business objectives.
  5. Implement automated risk controls and analytics to proactively detect anomalies and mitigate trading risks.
  6. P&L Reporting & Performance Analysis: Oversee detailed P&L attribution, reporting, and analysis, ensuring transparency and accuracy in financial performance.
  7. Provide actionable insights on key P&L drivers to senior management.
  8. Capital & Funding Oversight: Monitor and manage capital allocation, balance sheet exposure, and funding risk.
  9. Ensure adequate funding planning and liquidity management to mitigate financial risks.
  10. Counterparty & Operational Risk Management: Assess and monitor counterparty credit risk to minimize potential exposure.
  11. Develop and maintain business continuity plans to ensure resilience against operational disruptions.
  12. Continuously improve the risk management framework, including drafting and refining risk policies and control procedures.
  13. Ensure risk practices remain aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  14. Build and deploy automated risk monitoring systems, utilizing Python, SQL, and other quantitative tools.
  15. Develop real-time dashboards to track positions, exposures, and portfolio performance.
  16. Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting: Work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, compliance teams, and finance departments to align risk strategies with business goals.
  17. Prepare and present detailed risk reports for senior management and key stakeholders.

Qualifications:

  1. Educational Background: Master’s degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a quantitative-related field. Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, or PRM are highly desirable.
  2. Professional Experience: Minimum 5+ years of experience in quantitative trading firms, hedge funds, investment banks, or crypto-native trading desks. Extensive experience in trading risk management, including derivatives, structured products, and volatility trading.
  3. Technical & Quantitative Skills: Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, and data analytics tools to develop and optimize risk models. Experience writing scripts for VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis. Familiarity with risk modeling techniques and quantitative methodologies applied in trading environments.
  4. Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of financial products and trading strategies, including cash trading, options, futures, and structured products. Experience with blockchain, crypto market structures, and digital asset trading is a plus.
  5. Core Competencies: Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with a data-driven approach to risk mitigation. Proven ability to develop and enforce risk management policies in fast-moving markets. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. A deep interest in financial risk management, quantitative modeling, and market structure. Commitment to building a robust and scalable risk framework in a high-growth trading environment.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Accounting/Auditing

Industries

Investment Management

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