Trading Risk Analyst
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Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Mid level
- Job type
- Contract
- Experience
- 2–5 yrs
- Function
- Finance & Accounting
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 4w ago
Skills
About the role
Position: Mid Risk Analyst
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Arrangement: Remote | Fixed Schedule
About the Role:
The Risk Analyst will own day-to-day monitoring and configuration of trade risk, identify and action client abuse cases, manage LP relationships, and build data tooling to keep the risk framework sharp It is a technical, execution-focused role working directly in MT4/MT5 Administrator and Manager, writing Python and SQL daily, collaborating with Compliance, Tech, and senior risk leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and investigate abnormal trading patterns including latency arbitrage, rebate farming, and multi-account abuse
- Build automated risk monitoring tools and dashboards using a preferred language with Python/SQL being the most desired toolset
- Conduct client account reviews flagged for suspicious activity and prepare investigation summaries
- Monitor live client positions, margin levels, and stop out events across all account groups
- Manage and optimize group settings in MT4/5 including margin rules, leverage profiles, execution rules and basket margin configurations
- Contribute to the design and documentation of risk policies and internal controls
Respond timely to management and support requests
Requirements:
- 2+ years in a dealing desk, risk, or back-office role at a retail or institutional FX/CFD broker
- Hands-on experience with MT4 and MT5 Administrator and Manager — group configuration, symbol settings,
- leverage rules, working with MT reports
- Working knowledge of at least one liquidity bridge platform (e.g. PrimeXM, OneZero, FXCM Bridge, Gold-i, or equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience identifying and investigating client abuse: rebate farming, arbitrage, multi-account coordination, NBC exploitation
- Strong SQL skills — comfortable writing complex queries against trade databases for investigation and reporting
- Python proficiency for data analysis, automation scripts, and building risk-related tooling.
*Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We truly appreciate your interest and understanding.
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