WealthTech Risk Architect: Platform & Margin Control

Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong); Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited in Hong Kong seeks a senior risk professional to establish risk management capabilities for a WealthTech platform serving EAMs and licensed firms. Build practical risk assessment, limit monitoring, escalation and reporting across products, counter parties and operations.

Role requires experience establishing risk policies, risk governance and oversight within securities, banking or wealth management contexts, including margin financing and

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Risk Management, Mathematics, Statistics or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of risk management experience within securities, banking or wealth management, with margin financing/derivatives exposure.
• Experience establishing risk policies, limit frameworks, monitoring processes or risk systems for a new business; EAM/wealth platform experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of margin credit assessment.

Responsibilities

• Risk framework and governance: build risk register, assessment method, KRIs, limits, escalations and incident framework.
• Client/counterparty risk: assess exposure to EAMs, issuers, brokers, custodians and settlement parties; distinguish agency vs principal risk.
• Product/market risk: assess equities, bonds, funds, ETFs, FX and derivatives; stress test and report.
• Margin financing risk: evaluate client creditworthiness, set limits, collateral, haircuts and liquidity considerations.
• Limits and daily monitoring: aggregate exposures, monitor valuations, settlements and breaches.
• Reporting/improvement: produce risk reports, investigate incidents, coordinate with independent Risk Management.

Skills

Risk management experience

Policy development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree in Finance/Risk Management/Mathematics/Statistics

Job description

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited in Hong Kong seeks a senior risk professional to establish risk management capabilities for a WealthTech platform serving EAMs and licensed firms. Build practical risk assessment, limit monitoring, escalation and reporting across products, counter parties and operations.

Role requires experience establishing risk policies, risk governance and oversight within securities, banking or wealth management contexts, including margin financing and