Group Chief Risk Officer, Fintech

15-20 Years

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Job Description

Industry: Multi-Asset Digital Trading Platform,

Role Type: Full-time, Executive (C-Level),

Location: Dubai (primary), with oversight of India, Cyprus, Poland, Mauritius, and remote global teams.

Reports to: Group CEO/Founder.

WHO SHOULD APPLY READ CAREFULL

Y
APPLY ONLY IF YOU HAV

E:15-20+ years of senior executive experience in enterprise risk management for multi-asset trading platform
s.Direct leadership building risk engines, frameworks, and global teams across FX, CFDs, equities, cryptocurrency spot, perpetual futures, and copy-trading environment
s.Proven track record operating at board and regulatory level across multiple jurisdiction
s.Deep technical competence in quantitative risk, real-time surveillance systems, and digital asset custody framework
s.Experience managing institutional, HNWI, and retail trading flows simultaneousl

y.
DO NOT APPLY

IF:You have only worked in single-asset or single-jurisdiction environme
ntsYour risk experience is limited to traditional banking without trading platform expos
ureYou lack senior leadership in risk functions at global trading platforms, foreign exchange brokers, Contracts for Difference platforms, banks, or cryptocurrency exchang

es.
Role Pur

poseThe Group Chief Risk Officer is accountable for building a zero-tolerance, risk-controlled trading and platform ecosystem across all business verticals spanning digital assets, foreign exchange, contracts for difference, and equit
ies.The CRO owns every component of enterprise risk, trading risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, regulatory risk, and market abuse prevention acr
oss:Institutional and High-Net-Worth client f
lowsRetail user f
lowsForeign Exchange, Contracts for Difference, and Equities tra
dingCryptocurrency spot, perpetual futures, margin, and copy tra
dingTreasury, liquidity, hedging, and bridge f
lowsMarket-making counterparties and internal inven
toryMulti-regulator environments (Dubai VARA, Mauritius FSC, Poland VASP, FIU India, Cyprus, e

tc.)
Key Responsibil

ities1. Enterprise Risk Framework (Group-

Wide)Build the Group Risk Framework covering market, liquidity, operational, cyber, compliance, technology, and credit
riskEstablish three-lines-of-defence architecture across all trading platforms, OTC, treasury, and institutional
desksDefine risk appetite, limits, capital buffers, stress tests, and escalation prot

ocols
2. Trading Risk & Market Survei

llanceImplement real-time risk engine
s for:Foreign exchange, CFDs, and eq
uitiesCryptocurrency spot and perpetual f
uturesMargin lending and leverage co
ntrolsCopy trading risk controls (leader risk scoring, follower allocation l
imits)Build surveillance system
s for:Price manipu
lationWash t
radingAbusive orde
r flowLatency
abuseInsider ac
tivityCreate risk halts, kill switches, automatic deleveraging rules, and liquidation param

eters.
3. Liquidity, Treasury & Counterpar

ty RiskOversee treasury operations for all fiat and digital asse
t flowsSet counterparty onboarding criteria for liquidity providers, market makers, brokers, and cus
todiansDefine liquidity stress rules, intraday funding controls, and internal net-of

f logic
4. Digital Asset Custody Risk & Go

vernanceTake full ownership of risk governance within the digital asset custody ecosystem, in
cluding:Oversight of policy engine rules, transaction signing policies, routing logic, and approval th
resholdsDesigning MPC-based workflow controls for withdrawals, deposits, internal transfers, and treasury m
ovementsImplementing segregation of wallets for retail clients, institutional clients, operational hot wallets, treasury cold wallets, and market-making/hedging
walletsContinuous monitoring of transaction logs, risk alerts, and anomaly d
etectionEnsuring no single point of failure exists in signing, approvals, or emergenc
y accessPeriodic review of custody configurations to match changing regulatory obligations across all juris
dictionsIntegrating custody systems with internal risk dashboards for exposure tracking, counterparty monitoring, and liquid
ity riskApproving new workspace setups, vaults, and asset enablement
requestsConducting quarterly access control, permissions, and role audits across all intern
al teamsDesigning emergency protocols for key recovery, platform downtime, transaction halts, and wallet compromise s
cenariosOwning the end-to-end digital asset custody risk framework across retail, institutional, OTC, and treasury op

erations
5. Product Risk G

products
6. Regulatory & Jurisdict

ional RiskEnsure global alignment across Dubai VARA, Mauritius FSC, Poland VASP, FIU India, Cyprus, and any other jur
isdictionsMaintain documentation, audit trails, incident reporting, and risk capital
assessmentEngage with regulators directly whe

n required
7. Operational Risk & Business

ContinuityBuild Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) for
all marketsCreate incident-response playbooks across liquidity, pricing, technology, and
complianceEnsure vendor risk management, infrastructure risk scoring, and data protecti

on controls
8. Team Building &

remote hubs.
Cand

idate ProfileMust-Ha

ve ExperienceSenior leadership in risk functions at global trading platforms, FX brokers, CFD platforms, banks, or cryptocurre
ncy exchangesExperience with complex multi-jurisdiction regulator
y frameworks.15-20 yea
rs experienceDeep understanding of market-making, liquidity provider integration, and instit
utional flowsProven record of preventing losses, managing exposure, and implementing real-time

risk systems
Techni

cal CompetenceQuantitative risk knowledge (models, stress tes
ts, margining)Strong understanding of technology, matching engines, bridges, and
pricing feedsKnowledge of blockchain, wallets, custody, and tr
ansaction riskExperience with MPC (Multi-Party Computation) and digital asset secur

ity framework

s
What We OfferCompetitive compensation package in line with top-tier ind
ustry standardsPerformance-linked b
onus structuresLong-term incentives aligned with
company growthOpportunity to build a world-class risk function fro
m the ground upDirect impact on the strategic direction of a global multi-asset t

rading platform