Financial Risk Executive

CMC Markets; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave benefits: My Days plus birthday/

Job summary

CMC Markets is seeking a Financial Risk Executive to identify, assess and monitor financial risks across CFD and Stockbroking. You will analyse market, liquidity and trading exposures, supporting risk oversight with timely information and robust reporting.

You will collaborate with FRM and Liquidity teams to deliver risk insights, build analytical capabilities, and contribute to stress testing and scenario analyses in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or qualification in finance, economics, mathematics or statistics.
• Experience in financial risk management, market or liquidity risk is preferred.
• Knowledge of derivatives, financial instruments and risk concepts is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and identify financial risk issues for CFD and Stockbroking businesses.
• Prepare risk information for senior management and risk oversight.
• Support risk reporting, analysis, modelling and stress testing.
• Advise business teams on financial risk matters and foster a risk-aware culture.
• Assist with review and development of new projects to mitigate risk.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Finance / economics / quantitative discipline degree

Tools

Excel

Python

SQL

Job description

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.

As a Financial Risk Executive, you will support the identification, assessment and monitoring of financial risks across CMC’s CFD and Stockbroking businesses. Working closely with the Financial Risk Management and Liquidity team, you will analyse exposures arising from market movements, trading activity and liquidity requirements, helping to provide clear and timely information to support risk oversight and decision-making. You will also contribute to risk reporting, financial analysis, modelling and stress testing to help highlight potential impacts on the business.

This role provides an opportunity to develop strong technical experience in financial risk within a complex and fast-moving environment. You will build your understanding of market, liquidity and other financial risk concepts while working with varied exposures across two distinct businesses. With support from experienced colleagues, you will contribute to effective risk monitoring and reporting while developing a strong foundation for a career in financial risk management.

Why You’ll like working here

Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include:

• Leave benefits: Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days, as well as enjoying 5 extra annual leave days once you pass 12 months. Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.

• $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!

• Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training, ensuring you’re always learning new skills.

• Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing

• Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.

• Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What you’ll be working on

• Monitor and proactively identify financial risk issues pertaining to CMC Market’s CFD and Stockbroking business.
• Compile and drive the continuous improvement of FRM’s monthly board management information for senior management that identifies and outline the financial risks within CFD and Stockbroking.
• Verify relevant risk and KRI metrics have been appropriately signed off and reported.
• Assist with the review and development of new business projects to ensure any financial risks are readily identified, managed and mitigated.
• Provide advice and guidance to business representatives on financial risk matters and work proactively to build a strong risk culture.

What will help you be successful?

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify potential risks or trends
• A degree or relevant qualification in finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, risk or another quantitative discipline
• Some experience in financial risk management, market risk, liquidity risk, risk reporting, financial analysis or a related function
• Experience within a stockbroking or trading environment will be highly regarded
• A foundational understanding of financial markets, derivatives, financial instruments and risk concepts
• Strong Excel skills; exposure to Python, SQL or other data analysis tools will be advantageous
• High attention to detail, with a curious, proactive and investigative approach to problem-solving
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain information clearly to colleagues and stakeholders
• Full working rights in Australia

If you are currently working as a Risk Analyst, Financial Analyst, Market Risk Analyst, Quantitative Analyst or in a related role and are looking to build your career in financial risk, we would love to hear from you.

The things we live by

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

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