Associate, Trading Risk & Reporting, Quant Trading Team

Crypto.com; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cryptocurrency is seeking a Risk Associate to enhance their Risk and Reporting control function within the Quant Trading business. This role involves critical responsibilities in P&L reporting and risk management, requiring deep analytical skills, a strong quantitative background, and proficiency in Python and SQL. Candidates should possess a passion for crypto and blockchain and bring relevant experience in financial product control and market risk management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Product Control or Market Risk Management.
• Hands-on experience with quantitative risk analysis.
• Proficient in Python and SQL needed.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and reporting of P&L and Risk on a daily basis.
• Developing trading risk management frameworks and ensuring compliance.
• Conducting quantitative risk analyses and providing insights.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Detail Oriented

Python

SQL

Education

Degree in Quantitative Discipline

Professional Qualification (CPA, CFA, FRM)

Job description

We are recruiting for a Risk Associate to expand our in-business Risk and Reporting control function for the global Quant Trading business. Quant Trading business covers a variety of trading desks across cash, derivatives, volatility trading and others. This role will cover both P&L reporting and Risk monitoring with direct interaction with trading desks, central Finance team and other control functions.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for daily monitoring and reporting of P&L and Risk, with commentaries of key drivers
• Prepare trading performance reports and analyses for senior management
• Contribute to the development of the trading risk management framework, drafting of risk policies and procedures for new and existing businesses, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements
• Perform quantitative risk analysis on market risk (e.g. VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis), with insightful commentaries to traders and senior management
• Set up and review trading limits systematically using scripting tools
• Monitor funding risk and ensure integrity of balance sheet capital funding and usage
• Work with trading desks to implement risk controls and ensure breaches are addressed on a timely basis and properly escalated
• Contribute to enhancing the control environment, work with quant developers to build automated trading controls, scripts and dashboards to monitor trading positions and balances real-time

Requirements:

• Degree or above in a quantitative discipline, with professional qualification such as CPA, CFA, FRM an added advantage
• Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience such as Product Control, Market Risk Management, Model Validation, with hands-on experience
• Broad understanding of financial products, knowledge of crypto products is a plus
• Proficient in Python and SQL
• Strong analytical skills, detailed oriented
• Hands-on, passionate about building, a product owner who can drive an initiative from start to finish
• Passionate about cryptocurrency and blockchain