Risk Analyst – Forex, CFD Brokerage

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Jordan, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Oversee real-time and end-of-day exposure across foreign exchange, metals, indices, cryptocurrencies, and other trading instruments.

• Evaluate net exposure, concentration risk, volatility risk, and the performance of trading portfolios.

• Examine abusive or high-risk trading behaviors, such as latency arbitrage, toxic flow, bonus abuse, and scalping anomalies.

• Create and sustain risk flags, client segmentation, and risk scoring systems to identify high-risk accounts and trading trends.

• Establish and oversee leverage limits, margin requirements, exposure thresholds, and additional risk parameters.

• Collaborate with the Dealing Desk to devise hedging strategies, assess execution risks, and respond to unusual market conditions.

• Generate daily exposure reports, risk dashboards, and analyses of trading incidents for management review.

• Propose and implement risk mitigation strategies, including leverage restrictions, margin adjustments, and modifications to trading conditions.

• Maintain and enhance risk policies, procedures, controls, and escalation protocols.

• Collaborate with Compliance, Operations, and Technology teams to fortify risk monitoring and automate risk controls.

• Develop a real-time risk monitoring and escalation framework.

• Enhance the detection of toxic flow and abusive trading practices.

• Strengthen governance through documented risk decisions, dashboards, KPIs, and expedited incident resolution.

• Optimize risk parameters across various instruments and client segments while preserving healthy trading volume.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of risk management experience in a Forex/CFD brokerage, proprietary trading firm, liquidity provider, or comparable trading environment.

• In-depth practical knowledge of market risk, client risk, exposure management, leverage, margin regulations, and stop-out mechanisms.

• Hands-on experience with MT4/MT5 platforms and trading/risk monitoring systems.

• Strong comprehension of trading behaviors and abuse patterns, including toxic flow, latency arbitrage, bonus abuse, and scalping.

• Exceptional analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel.

• Capability to analyze substantial volumes of trading data and convert insights into clear risk decisions and actions.

• Strong communication abilities and the capacity to engage with senior stakeholders in a dynamic trading atmosphere.

• Familiarity with BI tools, SQL, Python, or other risk/analytics instruments is advantageous.

• Experience in implementing risk rules/alerts using BI, SQL, Python, or internal tools is a plus.

• Knowledge of liquidity/prime brokerage frameworks (A-Book/B-Book hybrid models) is beneficial.

• Prior work experience in regulated environments (such as CySEC, MFSA, SCA, etc.) is a plus.

• Experience in designing bonus/promotion risk controls and eligibility frameworks is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• High-ownership role with a direct impact on trading performance and risk resilience.

• Remote position with a global team.

• Strong growth potential and the autonomy to develop top-tier risk systems.