Senior Risk Manager

Atlas Search; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search, a fast-growing technology-driven financial services firm, seeks a Risk Manager for its active trading business in the United States. You will monitor intraday and end-of-day exposures, manage margin, and respond to risk events with precision.

You will be the primary risk contact for clients: run account reviews, advise on margin and portfolio risk, and help set onboarding limits. You will develop margin and stress-testing methods for equities and options, and automate risk

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management for trading businesses.
• Strong understanding of margin requirements and stress testing.
• Ability to automate risk reporting and work with tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor intraday and end-of-day exposures and margin; respond to risk events and liquidations as needed.
• Act as a primary risk contact for clients: run account reviews, advise on margin and portfolio risk, set onboarding limits.
• Build and refine margin and stress-testing methods for equities, options, and other products.
• Automate risk reporting and collaborate with Technology, Product, and Operations to strengthen risk platforms.

Skills

Risk oversight

Client engagement

Margin & methodology

Reporting infrastructure

Job description

Atlas Search is working with a fast-growing, technology-driven financial services firm to hire a Risk Manager for its active trading business. The business serves professional individual traders across U.S. and international multi-asset markets.

What You'll Do

• Risk oversight: Monitor intraday and end-of-day exposures and margin, respond to outsized risk events, and execute liquidations when needed.
• Client engagement: Act as a primary risk contact for clients: run account reviews, advise on margin and portfolio risk, and set limits during onboarding.
• Margin & methodology: Build and refine margin and stress-testing methods for equities, options, and other products.
• Reporting & infrastructure: Automate risk reporting and work with Technology, Product, and Operations to strengthen risk platforms and policy.

Why This Role

• High-impact seat with direct exposure to senior leadership
• Quantitative risk work combined with client engagement