Senior Futures Risk Analyst — Master Margin & Risk Controls

moomoo; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & bonuses

Benefits package

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Futu US Inc. seeks a Senior Futures Risk Analyst to join the Futures Commission Merchant risk team in Jersey City/Dallas. You will monitor client and proprietary risk exposures, manage margin controls, and escalate risk issues in a timely manner.

The role requires hands-on experience in futures clearing, intraday margin monitoring, and ownership of risk-control processes with cross-functional collaboration to support a scalable risk framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management, or related discipline.
• 3–7 years of relevant experience in futures risk management, clearing operations, margin operations, or credit risk at an FCM, clearing firm, futures broker, or exchange.
• Strong understanding of futures contract specifications, settlement, and product risk characteristics across multiple asset classes.
• Experience with margin methodologies and risk-based margin frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and end-of-day market, credit, margin, and liquidity exposures across client accounts and proprietary positions.
• Execute risk-monitoring procedures and escalate breaches and unusual activity promptly.
• Administer GC2 limits and pre-trade exposure controls for futures and options.
• Evaluate client margin adequacy including initial, maintenance, and variation margins.
• Monitor VaR results and stress-testing to identify portfolio vulnerabilities and escalations.
• Prepare daily risk reports, incident summaries, and management reporting.
• Collaborate with Clearing Operations, Compliance, Finance, and Technology to improve risk controls.
• Support risk-control testing and regulatory/audit requests.

Skills

Futures risk management

Margin operations

Credit risk

GC2 familiarity

CME Globex

SQL

Python

Stress testing

VaR analysis

Real-time monitoring

Regulatory knowledge (CFTC, NFA, CME)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management, or related discipline

Tools

SQL

Python

Excel/VBA

Job description

Futu US Inc. seeks a Senior Futures Risk Analyst to join the Futures Commission Merchant risk team in Jersey City/Dallas. You will monitor client and proprietary risk exposures, manage margin controls, and escalate risk issues in a timely manner.

The role requires hands-on experience in futures clearing, intraday margin monitoring, and ownership of risk-control processes with cross-functional collaboration to support a scalable risk framework.