Director - Credit Risk (Fintech)

Location: New York, NY; in-office work required 4 days per week

Base salary: $180,000–$250,000 per year, excluding bonuses and equity

Company

hirify.global is a financial services firm modernizing brokerage infrastructure through a cloud-native clearing and custody platform integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges.

What you will do

• Shape and execute the firm’s credit risk strategy as the business scales.
• Assess the credit and financial strength of prospective counterparties using quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Monitor daily credit exposures across the client base and analyze portfolio concentrations and trends.
• Recommend and communicate credit exposure appetite across trading products.
• Lead responses to regulatory examinations, audits, and inquiries from the SEC, FINRA, and other regulators.
• Collaborate with Sales & Trading, Legal, Operations, and Compliance on due diligence, product negotiations, and efficiency initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or another quantitative field.
• 8–10 years of credit risk management experience at a prime brokerage, broker-dealer, or investment bank.
• Direct experience with regulators and external auditors, including leading examination responses and managing audit deliverables.
• Deep counterparty credit risk expertise across securities financing, margin lending, derivatives, cleared products, and digital assets.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate complex risk issues clearly to senior leadership, clients, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in the New York office four days per week.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or CFA designation.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with company equity.
• 401(k) matching and gender-neutral parental leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• In-office lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, and team events.
• Collaborative, diverse, and high-performance workplace focused on in-person teamwork.