Risk Officer (Futures)

Location: New York Office, 44 Wall Street; in-person collaboration required

Salary: $135,000–$165,000 annually, plus a discretionary bonus and full benefits

Company

hirify.global is a digital brokerage and fintech platform providing commission-free trading, market data, and analytical tools across multiple global regions.

What you will do

• Own the futures business risk management framework, including governance, policies, procedures, limits, reporting, and escalation protocols.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and escalate market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, model, vendor, clearing, margin, concentration, and regulatory risks.
• Establish risk appetite, key risk indicators, trading and exposure limits, stress testing, scenario analysis, margin monitoring, and other controls.
• Partner with executive leadership and Compliance, Legal, Operations, Product, Treasury, Finance, Technology, and enterprise risk functions.
• Provide independent risk challenge for product launches, client onboarding, clearing relationships, margin policy, liquidity planning, incident management, and business continuity.
• Prepare governance materials and support regulatory interactions with the CFTC, NFA, exchanges, clearing organizations, auditors, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, risk management, accounting, or a related quantitative field.
• 8+ years of progressive risk management experience in futures, derivatives, clearing, FCM, broker-dealer, exchange, fintech, or another regulated financial services environment.
• Experience in a senior risk leadership, senior risk officer, head of risk, or equivalent control-function role with executive and governance-body exposure.
• Deep knowledge of futures and derivatives risk management, including margin, liquidity, market risk, operational resilience, clearing, client exposure, concentration risk, and stress testing.
• Familiarity with CFTC, NFA, exchange, and clearinghouse requirements, including examinations, audits, inquiries, or regulatory interactions.
• Ability to build and scale a risk management program in a fast-paced, technology-driven organization.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or relevant professional certification.
• Executive communication skills for presenting risk assessments and recommendations to management, boards, committees, regulators, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong judgment, independence, analytical rigor, commercial awareness, and a data-driven approach.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, plus vision insurance.
• 401(k) match, commuter benefits for New York positions, and short-term disability coverage.
• Generous paid time off, parental leave, personal and sick time, volunteer days, and company holidays.
• Wellness benefits, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, and office meals and collaboration events.