Risk Manager

Newbridge; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global digital-asset trading platform is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to enhance real-time market surveillance and risk management. This crucial role ensures market integrity and protects user assets. Ideal candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields, have over 3 years of risk control experience, and be proficient in SQL and Python. Strong analytical and decision-making skills are essential. Join to help maintain market fairness and operational stability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in trading risk control within securities, futures, FX, or crypto-asset trading platforms.
• Strong understanding of digital-asset markets and trading mechanisms.
• Excellent communication and structured problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market behavior to identify abnormal price movements.
• Develop and refine risk-control models and detection logic.
• Respond rapidly to risk incidents and market disruptions.

Skills

Market analysis

Risk management

SQL proficiency

Python proficiency

Quantitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

A leading global digital-asset trading platform is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to strengthen its real-time market-surveillance and risk-management capabilities. This role acts as a core safeguard for the platform, ensuring market integrity, operational stability, and the protection of user and platform assets.

The ideal candidate brings deep market intuition, strong quantitative capability, and hands-on experience managing trading risk in fast-moving environments. You will work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to design, optimize, and execute risk-control mechanisms across spot and derivatives markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Market Surveillance & Risk Investigation
  • Monitor market behavior to identify abnormal price movements, sudden volume spikes, or liquidity distortions
  • Investigate potential market-manipulation patterns such as spoofing, pump-and-dump, or malicious price wicks
  • Analyse cross-account activity to detect collusion, orchestrated trading groups, and coordinated manipulation schemes
• Risk Strategy Development & Systems Enhancement
  • Develop, test, and refine risk-control models, rules, and detection logic
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to implement automated monitoring and safeguards
  • Prepare structured reports on risk events, root-cause analysis, and remediation recommendations
• Real-Time Risk Management
  • Respond rapidly to unfolding risk incidents, market disruptions, or suspicious trading activity
  • Manage real-time monitoring dashboards and escalation workflows
  • Execute immediate intervention measures to protect market fairness and platform stability

Qualifications

• Required
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields
  • 3+ years experience in trading risk control within securities, futures, FX, or crypto-asset trading platforms
  • Strong understanding of digital-asset markets, trading mechanisms, and derivatives products
  • High analytical capability with proficiency in SQL/Python/R for data querying and investigation
  • Strong decision-making skills under pressure, with the ability to react quickly and accurately
  • Excellent communication, teamwork, and structured problem-solving ability
• Preferred
  • Hands-on trading experience with insights into market microstructure and execution strategies
  • Professional certifications such as FRM