Jump Trading

Jump Trading

Risk Manager

New York

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 90 days ago
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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.

This listing is sourced directly from Jump Trading's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.