Financial Risk Manager
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2 days ago
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Job Summary
If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential then youll love contributing to CMC Markets company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company thats growing with you by global expansion and product offering.
As a Financial Risk Manager your analysis will reach the desks of senior leaders. Your models will inform how the business hedges positions manages liquidity and responds to a team of three reporting directly to the Head of Financial Risk Management and Liquidity there is no middle layer between your work and the decisions it drives. That kind of visibility is rare at this level.
You will also build deep technical skills that set you apart in the market. Stress testing scenario analysis quantitative modelling and reporting this role stretches all of them. CMCs dual CFD and Stockbroking businesses mean the exposures you manage are varied and genuinely complex giving you breadth that single-product businesses simply cannot offer.
Why Youll like working here
Just some of the reasons youll love working here include:
- Leave benefits: Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days as well as enjoying 5 extra annual leave days once you pass 12 months. Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.
- $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!
- Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training ensuring youre always learning new skills.
- Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing
- Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together thats why weve made the decision to work five days in the office.
- Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals condiments and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether youre into fitness pizza making classes socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!
What youll be working on
Day to day you will:
- Monitor and report on key risk metrics and KRIs across CMCs CFD and Stockbroking businesses ensuring material exposures are reviewed approved and escalated appropriately.
- Produce risk reports dashboards and management information for senior leaders and risk committees with a focus on clarity and relevance not just compliance.
- Develop maintain and enhance risk models; run market analysis scenario analysis and stress testing to assess potential impacts on financial positions.
- Drive continuous improvement in risk reporting and analytics including building out new capabilities to strengthen monitoring and oversight.
- Build strong working relationships across Dealing Finance Treasury Compliance and senior management providing the risk insights that support real decisions.
- Support and manage project initiatives within the Financial Risk team delivering against agreed objectives.
What will help you be successful
You bring solid financial risk experience ideally from a stockbroking or trading environment and you are comfortable working with complex data and presenting your findings clearly to senior stakeholders. Specifically you will need:
- Demonstrated experience in financial risk management within a stockbroking trading or similar financial services environment
- Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities with a relevant risk or finance qualification preferred
- Sound knowledge of derivatives and financial instruments
- Advanced Excel skills; experience in Python and/or SQL is highly regarded
- Familiarity with industry systems including CHESS Palion GBST and Iress
- High attention to detail and a proactive inquisitive approach to problem-solving
- The ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
- Professional certification such as FRM CFA or PRM is desirable but not a prerequisite
- You must have full working rights in Australia.
If you have been working as a Market Risk Manager Risk Reporting Manager or Quantitative Risk Specialist we would love to hear from you.
The things we live by
CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people feel confident to be themselves feel valued and are able to do their best work. We dont just value differences and unique perspectives we seek them out and we invite them in because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.
Click on the link to find out more about the things we live by at CMC Markets CMC Markets - Culture Video
Were always on the lookout for great people so even if you dont feel you are a 100% fit apply with your up-to-date CV and well consider you for this role and any other suitable opportunities across the business.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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