Jump Trading
Risk Manager
New York
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 90 days ago
PythonSQLExcelResearchCollaboration
About the role
- We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the NYC go-to operational risk partner: set and monitor exposure limits and guardrails with front office and Global Risk
- investigate, escalate, and document exceptions.
- collaborate with Market Risk and front office to review scenario/stress outputs, align on assumptions, and communicate practical implications.
- Perform daily and intraday risk monitoring to identify and escalate material exposures, concentrations, anomalies, and control exceptions across regions.
- Liaise with internal partners and external prime brokers, clearing firms, and exchanges on margin/financing, locates, market access controls, and corporate actions.
- 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 front office to review scenario/stress outputs, align on assumptions, and communicate practical implications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Python, SQL, experience with Bloomberg, and advanced Excel required for querying firm datasets, validation, ad hoc analysis, and light automation.
Skills
- J ump Trading Group is committed to world class research.
- Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak.
- At least 7 years in equities-focused risk or trading across developed/emerging markets.
- Cash equities most preferred. Equity derivatives and index products also useful.
- Bachelor's degree required; including a strong academic record.
Compensation
- Annual Base Salary Range
- $150,000 - $200,000 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
- Apply practical US equity market microstructure knowledge to inform monitoring, limits, controls, and scenarios.
- Practical US equity market microstructure knowledge and how it informs monitoring, limits, controls, and scenarios.
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