Risk Manager

2 days ago

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Newbridge Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

A leading global digital-asset trading platform is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to strengthen its real-time market-surveillance and risk-management capabilities. This role acts as a core safeguard for the platform, ensuring market integrity, operational stability, and the protection of user and platform assets.

The ideal candidate brings deep market intuition, strong quantitative capability, and hands-on experience managing trading risk in fast-moving environments. You will work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to design, optimize, and execute risk-control mechanisms across spot and derivatives markets.

Key Responsibilities

Market Surveillance & Risk Investigation
Monitor market behavior to identify abnormal price movements, sudden volume spikes, or liquidity distortions
Investigate potential market-manipulation patterns such as spoofing, pump-and-dump, or malicious price wicks
Analyse cross-account activity to detect collusion, orchestrated trading groups, and coordinated manipulation schemes

Risk Strategy Development & Systems Enhancement
Develop, test, and refine risk-control models, rules, and detection logic
Partner with engineering and product teams to implement automated monitoring and safeguards
Prepare structured reports on risk events, root-cause analysis, and remediation recommendations

Real-Time Risk Management
Respond rapidly to unfolding risk incidents, market disruptions, or suspicious trading activity
Manage real-time monitoring dashboards and escalation workflows
Execute immediate intervention measures to protect market fairness and platform stability

Qualifications

Required
Bachelors degree or higher in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields
3+ years experience in trading risk control within securities, futures, FX, or crypto-asset trading platforms
Strong understanding of digital-asset markets, trading mechanisms, and derivatives products
High analytical capability with proficiency in SQL/Python/R for data querying and investigation
Strong decision-making skills under pressure, with the ability to react quickly and accurately
Excellent communication, teamwork, and structured problem-solving ability

Preferred
Hands-on trading experience with insights into market microstructure and execution strategies
Professional certifications such as FRM

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