Senior Futures Risk Architect

Socket.dev; New Jersey; On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Futu US Inc. is seeking a Senior Futures Risk Analyst to join the FCM risk management team in Jersey City/Dallas.

This role manages real-time and end-of-day risk across client and proprietary accounts, implements GC2 controls, and escalates material risk events with a disciplined, scalable approach. The ideal candidate has hands-on futures clearing/FCM risk experience, strong margin and VaR knowledge, and excellence in cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Compliance, Finance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management or related.
• 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 delivery mechanics, and product-specific risk characteristics across equity index, fixed-income, commodity, FX, and options-on-futures.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and end-of-day market, credit, margin, and liquidity exposures across client accounts and proprietary positions.
• Execute risk-monitoring procedures; identify, investigate, document, and escalate risk-limit breaches and unusual activity.
• Administer GC2 limits and pre-trade exposure controls for futures and options.
• Evaluate client margin adequacy including initial, maintenance, and variation margins.
• Monitor stress-testing and VaR results; identify vulnerabilities and escalate material risks.
• Monitor exchange position limits and reportable-position thresholds; investigate breaches.
• Assess collateral quality, eligibility, concentration, liquidity, and haircuts.
• Investigate data anomalies and market-data integrity concerns; distinguish real risk from noise.
• Escalate risk events; support liquidations where necessary per policy.
• Monitor upcoming market-risk events and adjust risk parameters as needed.
• Collaborate with Clearing Operations, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and business units.
• Prepare daily risk reports, logs, and management summaries.
• Participate in risk-control testing and regulatory/audit requests.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Decision making

Written & verbal communication

Risk management knowledge

CFTC/NFA knowledge

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management

Tools

SQL

Python

Excel/VBA

GC2 (GC2 limits)

Job description

Futu US Inc. is seeking a Senior Futures Risk Analyst to join the FCM risk management team in Jersey City/Dallas.

This role manages real-time and end-of-day risk across client and proprietary accounts, implements GC2 controls, and escalates material risk events with a disciplined, scalable approach. The ideal candidate has hands-on futures clearing/FCM risk experience, strong margin and VaR knowledge, and excellence in cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Compliance, Finance, and