Financial Risk Lead
DriveWealthBrokerage Infrastructure company
New York, United States$200,000 - $215,000 USDLead
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead financial risk oversight for market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk.
- •DriveWealth is seeking a Lead of Financial Risk to own second-line oversight of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk.
- •This is a builder's role focused on developing innovative risk frameworks for emerging financial technologies.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and own the financial risk appetite statement, limit framework, and supporting policies.
- •Establish and lead the financial risk forum with clear decision rights and escalation protocols.
- •Own the margin program, including policy, stress testing, and risk mitigation.
- •Protect liquidity, capital, and market access by partnering with Treasury and Finance.
- •Requirements 10+ years in financial risk management, with prior ownership of a risk program at a broker-dealer or similar regulated entity.
- •Direct experience across market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk.
- •Demonstrated experience building margin policy, stress testing methodology, and scenario design.
- •Practical fluency with agentic AI applied to risk work.
Required skills
Risk ManagementPythonSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitLinuxREST APIOpenAPIExcelPowerPoint
Domain expertise
fintechcrypto
Benefits & perks
equity, 401(k) match, Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Disability insurance, Paid Parental Leave, wellness reimbursement, company-provided phone, personal development allowance, Paid Time Off (PTO)
Tech stack
PythonSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitLinuxREST APIOpenAPIExcelPowerPoint