Risk Analyst

3w3 weeks ago

Maven Securities

London, GB · Full-time · £60,000 – £90,000

About this role

Maven is a technologically advanced proprietary trading organization founded in 2011 with offices in London, Amsterdam, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong, and Monaco. The Risk team is innovative, bringing together risk managers, technologists, and developers to design systems and implement processes for firm-wide trading exposures. This role offers core expertise in options risk management alongside established team members in Hong Kong and Chicago.

The Risk Analyst provides first-line risk management control for key trading activities, monitoring limits via proprietary risk systems. Responsibilities include updating daily risk processes, carrying out diligent monitoring of diverse trades, and interpreting risk metrics to shape processes. The role engages with traders across Europe and global locations.

Maven's culture is relaxed and informal yet highly focused, rewarding strong performance in a fast-paced environment. The global Risk team collaborates on monitoring options market-making, proprietary trading, and broader strategies like equity and convertible bond arbitrage. Daily communication occurs with stakeholders across trading and support functions.

Growth involves developing into a market-leading Risk Analyst through natural curiosity for financial markets and understanding of trading concepts. Contribute to enhancing risk monitoring frameworks and systems with the broader business. Thrive by providing input into controls, processes, and project work with the global team.

Requirements

3-5 years relevant experience in proprietary trading or at buy-side or sell-side financial institution
Excellent communication, report writing, and presentation skills
Core expertise in options risk management
Understanding of trading and risk concepts
Experience working with equity options
Ability to interpret and develop risk metrics
Familiarity with market-making and proprietary trading strategies
Natural curiosity for financial markets

Responsibilities

Perform diligent risk monitoring on a real-time basis
Conduct daily communication on risk issues with risk team and stakeholders across trading and support functions
Monitor market risk for options market-making and proprietary trading within the multi-strategy group
Contribute to automated trading risks through change reviews, audits, and identification of control improvements
Provide risk monitoring for broader strategy groups such as equity and convertible bond arbitrage and systematic alpha
Contribute to development and enhancement of risk monitoring and reporting framework
Carry out operational risk monitoring and participate in risk mitigation workstreams
Collaborate with global risk team on risk management-focused project work