Group Chief Risk Officer

Client of Emerald Zebra Talent Solutions; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Emerald Zebra Talent Solutions is seeking a Group Chief Risk Officer to build and lead a global risk function across trading, liquidity, cyber and regulatory domains. The CRO will own enterprise risk with final sign-off on product launches and treasury exposure.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in risk management within global trading platforms or crypto exchanges, with strong regulatory knowledge and quantitative risk modeling.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in risk management with leadership tenure in global trading platforms.
• Experience across FX, CFDs, crypto exchanges or banks with multi-jurisdiction regulatory exposure.
• Strong grasp of margining, stress testing and risk models.

Responsibilities

• Own group risk framework across market, liquidity, operations, cyber and credit risk.
• Develop real-time risk engines for FX, CFDs and crypto trading.
• Implement three-lines-of-defence, risk appetite statements and escalation protocols.

Skills

Risk management

Leadership

Regulatory frameworks

Quantitative grounding

Market making

Liquidity provider

Tools

Matching engines

Pricing feeds

Blockchain custody

Job description

A high-growth multi-asset trading group is hiring a Group Chief Risk Officer to build and lead its global risk function. This is a build mandate. The CRO will own every dimension of enterprise risk across the group: trading risk, market surveillance, liquidity, treasury, counterparty, operational, cyber, regulatory and digital asset custody. The role reports into the Group CEO and carries final sign-off authority on product launches, leverage parameters, new token listings and treasury exposure.

What we are looking for

15 years in risk management with significant leadership tenure inside a global trading platform, FX or CFD broker, bank trading division or crypto exchange. Comfortable across multi-jurisdiction regulatory frameworks. Strong working knowledge of market-making mechanics, liquidity provider integration and institutional flow. Quantitative grounding in margining, stress testing and risk models. Technical fluency around matching engines, pricing feeds, bridges, blockchain custody and transaction risk.

What you will own

Group risk framework across market, liquidity, operational, cyber, compliance and credit risk with a three-lines-of-defence architecture, risk appetite statements, capital buffers, stress testing and escalation protocols. Real-time risk engines for FX, CFDs, crypto spot and perpetuals, margin lending and copy trading including surveillance for price manipulation, wash trading, latency abuse and insider activity plus kill switches, risk halts and ADL rules.

15+ years in risk management with significant leadership tenure inside a global trading platform, FX or CFD broker, bank trading division or crypto exchange. Comfortable across multi-jurisdiction regulatory frameworks. Strong working knowledge of market-making mechanics, liquidity provider integration and institutional flow. Quantitative grounding in margining, stress testing and risk models. Technical fluency around matching engines, pricing feeds, bridges, blockchain custody and transaction risk.