Senior Manager - Risk Management-Forex Trading

Job Summary:

Risk Analyst

The candidate will work closely with traders, technology, and compliance teams to monitor and manage real-time market risk, trading limits, and exposure across global markets. This role requires strong analytical skills, market understanding, and a proactive mindset to anticipate and mitigate potential trading risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor real-time market risk exposure across all active forex trading accounts.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk profiles for trading strategies, clients, and trading desks

• Evaluate risk-reward scenarios for open positions.

• Define and enforce risk limits (e.g., leverage ratios, drawdowns, margin requirements).

• Analyze the impact of geopolitical events, interest rate movements, and macroeconomic data on currency pairs.

• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly risk reports with actionable insights for senior management.

• Conduct stress testing, scenario analysis, and back-testing of trading models to assess potential risk.

• Stay current on forex regulations, global market trends, and risk-related news.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics

• 2–5 years of experience in forex trading, risk management, or market analysis.

• Strong understanding of forex markets, currency instruments, trading platforms (e.g., MetaTrader, cTrader etc).

• Solid grasp of financial risk concepts including VaR, exposure limits, leverage, and drawdown.

• Proficiency in Excel, and risk modeling tools.

• Strong analytical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with algorithmic or high-frequency trading environments.

• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines in fast-moving markets.

• Strong reporting and presentation skills for risk communications.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation with performance-linked incentives.
• Exposure to fast-moving global markets and trading desks.
• A collaborative, high-performance environment with steep learning curves.
• Opportunities for growth into broader roles within risk, compliance, or trading strategy.