Remote FinTech Risk Manager & Controls Builder

Atomic Invest; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Atomic Vest is seeking a Risk Manager to identify, measure, and manage risk across its regulated entities, including a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and an SEC-registered investment adviser. This is a fully remote role suitable for candidates based in the US or LATAM.

You will design the risk framework, policies, metrics, and reporting the company relies on as it scales, building the function from the ground up with direct access to the Risk Committee.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, or a related function.
• Experience in fintech, banking, brokerage, or RIA environments.
• Hands-on, builder mindset: comfortable in a small firm, and focused on fixing issues with teams.
• Working knowledge of broker-dealer financial responsibility rules (e.g., SEC net capital).
• Understanding of operational, credit/counterparty, and liquidity risk concepts.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel; NetSuite experience helpful.
• Advanced-level English for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build the risk management function as the initial hire, including an enterprise risk framework, risk appetite, and policies appropriate for a multi-entity fintech.
• Monitor broker-dealer financial risks, including net capital, liquidity, and clearing-related exposures.
• Assess and monitor bank and counterparty risk across banks, clearing firms, and key vendors with KRIs.
• Run periodic enterprise risk assessments across broker-dealer, RIA, and technology entities; maintain the risk register.
• Build and maintain a risk and control matrix across all entities; design controls and KRIs.
• Own a central incident and issue log; lead root-cause analysis and remediation tracking.
• Review new products, entities, and markets for risk before launch and implement controls.
• Build controls for planned self-clearing and ATS lines; provide evidence for FINRA review.
• Prepare risk reporting for senior management and the Risk Committee.
• Support audits/regulatory examinations; coordinate risk-related requests.
• Maintain the business continuity plan and run tabletop exercises with Technology.
• Partner with finance, compliance, legal, operations, and engineering leadership.

Skills

Risk management

Fintech

Internal controls

Excel

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

Atomic Vest is seeking a Risk Manager to identify, measure, and manage risk across its regulated entities, including a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and an SEC-registered investment adviser. This is a fully remote role suitable for candidates based in the US or LATAM.

You will design the risk framework, policies, metrics, and reporting the company relies on as it scales, building the function from the ground up with direct access to the Risk Committee.