Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Risk Manager to join our Risk team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is communicative, decisive, and thrives in an entrepreneurial environment.
The Risk Manager will report into the regional Head of Risk and work alongside a small team responsible for Market & Credit Risk (MCR) and Treasury & Capital Management (TCM) across our APAC trading business. This is a hands-on role that combines quantitative risk analysis in close collaboration with Trading and Technology.
What You Will Do- Evaluate and monitor APAC trading positions against market and credit risk limits, across multiple asset classes including Digital Assets
- Provide management with regular updates on P&L and risk exposure
- Analyse trading strategies and perform quantitative and qualitative risk analysis
- Support the Head of Risk in developing and enhancing the risk management framework, policies, and procedures for the region, working in coordination with global Risk teams
- Develop, implement, and enhance risk models, quantitative analytics, reports, and processes, using automation and AI tools
- Ensure other risk categories, including credit, operational, and regulatory risk, are managed within the business's risk appetite
- Support daily Treasury, securities borrowing and lending (SBL), and capital management activities
- 3-5 years of relevant risk management experience within a trading environment
- Degree in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Computing, or a related quantitative field
- Strong financial markets, products, and valuation knowledge across multiple asset classes. Knowledge of Digital Assets is preferred.
- Comfortable making decisive, well-reasoned calls on OTC risk requests under time pressure
- Proficient in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience in applying AI tools to improve the efficiency of risk processes
- Adaptable to a multi-prime broker environment and APAC-specific market structures
- Strong communicator and team player, able to work directly with Traders, Technology, and external stakeholders
- Meticulous and detail-oriented, with strong numerical and logical reasoning abilities
Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of relevant risk management experience within a trading environment
- Degree in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Computing, or a related quantitative field
- Strong knowledge of financial markets, products, and valuation across multiple asset classes
- Knowledge of digital assets
- Ability to make decisive, well-reasoned calls on OTC risk requests under time pressure
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Hands-on experience applying AI tools to improve risk-process efficiency
- Adaptability to a multi-prime broker environment and APAC-specific market structures
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with Traders, Technology, and external stakeholders
- Meticulous attention to detail and strong numerical and logical reasoning abilities
What We Do
Since 2004, Flow Traders has been a principal trading firm and one of the world’s largest liquidity providers, specialised in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Milan and Cluj accommodate more than 500 employees. Throughout the years, Flow Traders has received the industry’s recognition, winning numerous awards and has been listed as a company since 2015. Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and development. We value creative minds and out-of-the-box thinkers and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. Our demanding, high-paced environment continuously puts us to the test. Flow Traders fosters a strong team-oriented culture which rewards people for their contributions to the company as a whole rather than only in their direct area of responsibility. At Flow Traders, we focus on professional and personal development; we encourage our people to be the best at anything they do by offering the right training. On top of that, we have our private gym where our health coaches provide our people with the right personal sports programs. We invest in our hard working people, because they hold the key to our success.
