Electronic Trading Risk Manager

Revolut Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking an Electronic Trading Risk Manager in the UK. This role involves defining the trading risk management model, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and overseeing real-time monitoring of trading activities. Candidates must have a degree in a technical field and extensive experience within financial institutions. Proficiency in electronic trading and risk management is crucial, alongside hands-on experience with trading platforms. Join us to shape the future of finance!

Benefits

Great workplace culture

Opportunity for career growth

Diverse and inclusive team

Qualifications

• Proven track record of defining, implementing, and optimising electronic trading risk frameworks.
• Extensive experience within investment banks or regulated financial institutions.
• Hands-on experience with model lifecycle governance.

Responsibilities

• Define the trading risk management model aligned with business strategy.
• Oversee real-time monitoring and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Investigate and resolve electronic trading incidents.

Skills

Electronic trading and risk management

Securities markets knowledge

SQL

Python

Education

Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field

Tools

Trading platforms (OMS/EMS)

Job description

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 65+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning‑fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Risk at Revolut operates across all functions, products, and regions to monitor front‑line performance and ensure the business operates safely. They're among the first to be involved in new initiatives, from tech to customer support.

We're looking for an Electronic Trading Risk Manager with experience across equities, fixed income, and derivatives. You'll use your expertise in trading infrastructure, algo behaviour, and market dynamics to lead the design and improvements of our real‑time trading risk monitoring model.

In addition, you'll translate complex risk and market insights into scalable, high‑impact controls.

Up to shape what's next in finance? Let’s get in touch.

What you’ll be doing

• Defining the target‑state trading risk management model, ensuring alignment with the UK business strategy
• Leading the governance and oversight of electronic and algorithmic trading, and compliance with MiFID II and related UK regulatory standards
• Overseeing real‑time monitoring of trading activity, algorithm behaviour, venue interactions, platform health, and trading desk conduct to ensure safe and controlled execution
• Supervising and challenging front‑office execution controls, validating the appropriateness of limits and thresholds
• Owning and maintaining electronic trading risk policies, frameworks, and standards, ensuring consistency with global principles and local regulatory requirements
• Partnering with Engineering and Product teams to design and optimise system architecture
• Investigating and resolving electronic trading incidents, near misses, and risk events
• Driving the design, implementation, and effectiveness testing of pre‑trade, at‑trade, and post‑trade risk controls, ensuring robust alerting, escalation, and remediation processes
• Identifying and managing non‑market risks like operational, conduct, regulatory, and technology risks across electronic trading activities
• Maintaining the algorithm inventory, ensuring accurate documentation, ongoing assessments, and annual reviews

What you’ll need

• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, economics, or related technical field
• Knowledge of electronic trading and risk management
• Extensive experience within investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or other regulated financial institutions
• A proven track record of defining, implementing, and optimising electronic trading risk frameworks and controls in fast‑paced trading environments
• Expertise in securities markets, particularly equities and derivatives, with a solid understanding of the full electronic trading lifecycle
• Familiarity with key global regulatory frameworks, including MiFID II (RTS 6), EMIR, SEC rules, and related market structure standards
• Hands‑on experience with algorithm and model lifecycle governance, including testing, validation, performance monitoring, and change controls
• Technical experience with trading platforms (OMS/EMS), market connectivity, smart order routing, and electronic execution infrastructure

Nice to have

• Proficiency in SQL and/or Python
• Knowledge of fixed income

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We’re not just doing this because it’s the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard‑working team.

Important notice for candidates

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Only apply through official Revolut channels. We don’t use any third‑party services or platforms for our recruitment.

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