Principal, Pricing & Margins – Risk & Valuation (Hybrid)

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC); Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a risk professional to support price data integrity and risk-based margin programs including RBH/CPM and SPAN. You will help calibrate models, analyze valuations, and ensure regulatory compliance across SEC and CFTC requirements.

You will collaborate with quantitative risk analysts, IT and operations to enhance systems, provide guidance to Clearing Members, and contribute to senior management analyses and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or related field; CFA/FRM a plus.
• 5-7+ years in back-office operations or risk management with lead experience.
• Strong understanding of securities and futures markets and derivative valuation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market and theoretical valuation of OCC-cleared products and approve transmissions to downstream processes.
• Evaluate market data vendors, manage entitlements, and ensure accurate pricing data.
• Support SEC/CFTC regulated programs for customer margin/haircuts and SPAN/RBH/CPM parameters.
• Lead cross-functional projects, provide guidance to Clearing Members, and mentor Associates.

Skills

Securities markets

Futures pricing

VaR & risk metrics

Data validation

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in finance/economics

Masters/CFA/FRM (plus)

Tools

Bloomberg

Refinitiv

SQL

Tableau

Python

R Studio

Alteryx

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a risk professional to support price data integrity and risk-based margin programs including RBH/CPM and SPAN. You will help calibrate models, analyze valuations, and ensure regulatory compliance across SEC and CFTC requirements.

You will collaborate with quantitative risk analysts, IT and operations to enhance systems, provide guidance to Clearing Members, and contribute to senior management analyses and reporting.