Risk Manager (Active Trading)

Location: Chicago, IL; employees are required to work in the office 4 days per week

Base salary: $120,000–$160,000 per year, excluding bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services firm building cloud-native clearing, custody, risk, and brokerage infrastructure for global capital markets.

What you will do

• Monitor intraday and end-of-day risk exposures, margin requirements, leverage, and concentrated positions across Active client accounts.
• Track U.S. and international markets through OMS and risk systems, escalating material issues and responding to outsized risk events.
• Execute client liquidation trades for risk management purposes when required.
• Serve as a primary risk contact for professional individual traders, conduct account reviews, discuss margin requirements, and support onboarding risk assessments.
• Develop margin, risk, and stress-testing methodologies for equities, options, and other Active products.
• Automate risk reporting and collaborate with Technology, Product, and Operations to improve risk infrastructure and policies.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in trading risk, margin, brokerage risk, or a related role covering equities and listed derivatives.
• At least 8 years of overall professional experience in financial services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Financial Engineering.
• Strong understanding of equities, listed options, options pricing fundamentals, Greeks, Reg T, portfolio margin, and intraday trading rules.
• SIE, Series 7, and Series 57 are required.
• Strong communication, quantitative, analytical, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills; Python and SQL proficiency is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with individual trader, active trading, or retail brokerage risk.
• Master’s degree or CFA/FRM designation.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg, ICE, FactSet, or equivalent tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with company equity and 401k matching.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Gender-neutral parental leave.
• In-office lunch stipends, stocked kitchens, and team events.
• Collaborative, diverse, and high-performance workplace with a strong focus on ownership.