Financial Risk Officer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Financial Risk Officer (Fintech): Leading financial risk management across the hirify.global Group, focusing on identifying, assessing, monitoring, and treating all types of financial risks. Focus on driving policies, standards, and challenging management to think differently about risk, advising business, product, technology, and operations teams.

Location: Hybrid in Berlin, Germany

Company

hirify.global simplifies wealth creation by providing a user-friendly platform for investing in cryptocurrencies, stocks, precious metals, and commodities.

What you will do

• Own the Financial Risk Management Framework (FRMF), including policies, standards, and procedures across market, liquidity, credit, and capital risks.
• Provide independent 2LOD oversight of trading and treasury risk exposures across crypto and other assets.
• Support ICAAP/ICARA, liquidity assessments, and prudential reporting under MiCA, CASP, and MiFID II.
• Develop concise reporting on market, liquidity, counterparty, and funding risks.
• Partner with Trading, Treasury, Product, Technology and Operations to embed frameworks and ensure compliance with policies.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years in financial risk management, ideally in brokerage, trading, or crypto, ideally in fast-paced Fintech and Digital Asset environments.
• Proficient in market, liquidity, credit, and capital risk management.
• Knowledge of MiCA, MiFID II, and prudential risk principles.
• Proficiency in analytics and reporting tools (Excel, Python, SQL).
• Entrepreneurial, adaptive, independent thinker, analytical, independent, and commercially pragmatic.
• Clear communicator, confident with senior management and regulators.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model with flexibility to work remotely and additional days to work from a city or country of choice.
• Competitive total compensation package with stock option plan.
• Access to mental health resources and additional time off for wellbeing.
• Unlimited access to Udemy courses and exclusive perks and rewards.
• Onsite dining in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin.