Senior Risk Analyst - Trading/Forex - 3+Years - Mohali

Chandigarh News; Mohali; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team environment

Data-driven risk insights

Exposure to diverse markets

Job summary

Senior Risk Analyst role in Mohali focuses on monitoring forex, commodities, indices and futures across the dealing desk. You will perform trade surveillance, market-risk analysis, and exposure monitoring, identifying unusual patterns and producing evidence-based risk assessments.

Collaborate with dealing, operations, compliance and tech teams to enhance risk alerts, controls and account-level risk. Strong Excel and MT4/MT5 familiarity are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Possessing 3+ years of experience in dealing desk, trade surveillance, or market risk.
• Strong understanding of order execution, pricing, liquidity, leverage, margin, and market behaviour.
• Hands-on experience analysing detailed trade histories and distinguishing legitimate trading from abusive patterns.
• Advanced MS Excel skills; familiarity with MT4/MT5 or risk monitoring tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills with clear risk documentation.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring trading accounts, positions, exposure, margin utilization, and overall trading behaviour across forex, commodities, indices, and futures.
• Reviewing trade histories to identify arbitrage, stale-price exploitation, coordinated trading, excessive risk-taking, and breaches of trading rules.
• Analysing trading performance, including position sizing, holding periods, profit distribution, and risk per trade idea.
• Investigating flagged accounts, preparing concise risk reports, and supporting findings with detailed trade-level evidence.
• Collaborating with dealing, operations, compliance, and technology teams to strengthen risk alerts, controls, and account-level risk assessment.

Skills

Risk analysis

Trade surveillance

MS Excel

MT4/MT5 familiarity

Analytical thinking

Tools

Trading platforms

Risk monitoring tools

Job description

Senior Risk Analyst - Trading/Forex - 3+Years - Mohali

We are looking for an experienced Senior Risk Analyst to monitor and assess trading activity across forex, commodities, indices, and futures. The role will focus on trade surveillance, market risk analysis, exposure monitoring, identifying unusual trading patterns, and evidence-based risk assessments across trading accounts.

Your Future Employer

A growing financial services organization operating in the trading and market-risk ecosystem, with a focus on trading activity monitoring, risk controls, and data-driven assessment of trading behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring trading accounts, positions, exposure, margin utilization, and overall trading behaviour across forex, commodities, indices, and futures.
• Reviewing trade histories to identify arbitrage, stale-price exploitation, coordinated trading, excessive risk-taking, and potential breaches of trading rules.
• Analysing trading performance, including position sizing, holding periods, profit distribution, and risk per trade idea.
• Investigating flagged accounts, preparing concise risk reports, and supporting findings with detailed trade-level evidence.
• Collaborating with dealing, operations, compliance, and technology teams to strengthen risk alerts, controls, and account-level risk assessment.

Requirements

• Possessing 38 years of experience in dealing desk, trade surveillance, or market risk, preferably with an established broker, futures firm, or MCX-focused market participant.
• Demonstrating strong understanding of order execution, pricing, liquidity, leverage, margin, and market behaviour.
• Having hands-on experience analysing detailed trade histories and distinguishing legitimate trading strategies from abusive or unsustainable trading patterns.
• Demonstrating advanced MS Excel skills; familiarity with MT4/MT5, futures trading platforms, or risk monitoring tools will be an advantage.
• Possessing strong analytical and written communication skills, with sound judgement and the ability to document risk findings clearly.

What's in it for You

• Opportunity to work closely with trading, dealing, operations, compliance, and technology teams.
• Exposure to forex, commodities, indices, and exchange-traded futures markets.
• Opportunity to develop expertise in trade surveillance, market risk, trading behaviour analysis, and risk controls.
• Scope to contribute to the enhancement of risk alerts, monitoring frameworks, and trading controls.
• High-ownership role involving detailed trade-level analysis and risk assessment.

Disclaimer

Crescendo Global specializes in Senior to C-level niche recruitment. We are committed to inclusive hiring practices and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Note: Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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