Risk Manager (Equities)

Location: New York, onsite presence required; occasional off-hours support may be needed.

Annual base salary: $150,000–$200,000 USD, plus discretionary bonus eligibility.

Company

hirify.global conducts mathematical, physics, and computer science research and applies it to global financial markets through trading, technology development, and partnerships with research organizations.

What you will do

• Act as the New York operational risk partner, setting and monitoring exposure limits, guardrails, controls, and alerts.
• Monitor factor, sector, liquidity, correlation, concentration, anomaly, and control exposures across strategies and firm-level aggregates.
• Review scenario and stress-testing outputs with Market Risk and front-office teams, interpreting assumptions and practical implications.
• Coordinate with prime brokers, clearing firms, exchanges, Trading, Operations, Treasury, Technology, and Compliance on margin, financing, locates, market access, corporate actions, and trade-lifecycle issues.
• Use Python, SQL, and Excel to query datasets, validate information, perform analysis, and automate light reporting.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in equities-focused risk or trading across developed and emerging markets; cash equities experience is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record.
• Operational risk expertise covering trade lifecycle, prime brokerage and clearing, margin and financing, short inventory and locates, market access controls, and exchange connectivity.
• Experience interpreting factor-model outputs such as Barra or Axioma and risk measures such as VaR.
• Practical US equity market microstructure knowledge.
• Python, SQL, Bloomberg, and advanced Excel skills, with clear communication and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and dependent-care benefits.
• Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance, with voluntary coverage options.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave.
• Retirement plan with employer match and wellness programs.