Risk Manager (Equities)

TL;DR

Risk Manager (Equities): Managing moment-to-moment risk for all trading teams and evaluating new trading strategies, markets, and products with an accent on strong risk management expertise and technical skills. Focus on operating at a high bar within high-pressure environments.

Location: Onsite presence in New York required

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000 USD

Company

hirify.global Group empowers exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets.

What you will do

• Serve as the NYC go-to operational risk partner: set and monitor exposure limits and guardrails with front office and Global Risk.
• Monitor factor/sector and liquidity/correlation exposures across strategies and firm-level aggregates using firm-provided tools.
• Perform daily and intraday risk monitoring to identify and escalate material exposures, concentrations, anomalies, and control exceptions across regions.
• Apply practical US equity market microstructure knowledge to inform monitoring, limits, controls, and scenarios.
• Liaise with internal partners and external prime brokers, clearing firms, and exchanges on margin/financing, locates, market access controls, and corporate actions.
• Use Python/SQL/Excel to query firm datasets and automate light reporting where helpful.

Requirements

• At least 7 years in equities-focused risk or trading across developed/emerging markets.
• Bachelor’s degree required; including a strong academic record.
• Operational risk fluency across the trade lifecycle, prime brokerage/clearing (margin/financing), short inventory/locates, market access controls, and exchange connectivity/trading systems.
• Factor literacy: experience consuming outputs from factor models (e.g., Barra, Axioma) and common measures (e.g. VaR) to interpret and communicate risk.
• Practical US equity market microstructure knowledge and how it informs monitoring, limits, controls, and scenarios.
• Python, SQL, experience with Bloomberg, and advanced Excel required for querying firm datasets, validation, ad hoc analysis, and light automation.
• Reliable and predictable availability, including onsite presence in New York with flexibility for occasional off-hours support.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options.
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays.
• Retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.