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Senior Risk Manager

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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
150K-200K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
150K-200K Annually
Senior level
The Senior Risk Manager will oversee market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks while developing risk management processes and tools. They will analyze financial developments and collaborate with technical teams to enhance risk monitoring.
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IMC is currently looking for a Senior Risk Manager to be a part of the US Risk Management Team. Our risk management team operates closely with the trading and technology teams in order to manage the inherent risks in IMC's trading strategies across various products and markets. We are looking for someone who can bring risk management expertise with a critical, quantitative, and proactive hands-on approach. It will be your challenge to support the assessment and management of market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks. To excel in this role, you will use your experience, analytical skills, and technical ability to add value, not bureaucracy, to the business.
Your Core Responsibilities:

  • As a Senior Risk Manager at IMC, you'll assist in managing the day-to-day risk management functions, including monitoring and analyzing market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks
  • Identify and manage the risks in IMC's existing and new trading strategies across various exchange-traded financial products, including indices, equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities.
  • Monitor market risk at both the portfolio and single product levels and discuss key exposures with trading leads.
  • Analyze financial market developments and help build, revise, and enhance risk methodologies and processes for IMC's trading strategies.
  • Develop and enhance real-time risk monitoring and reporting tools for IMC's key risks while ensuring that the team's technical solutions are robust and high-quality.
  • Collaborate with global risk, trading, and software development team members to design and employ risk controls in IMC's execution and strategy software.
  • Assess and challenge potential solutions to complex business processes associated with market, operational, and technology risk.
  • Contribute to the firm's risk control self-assessment by analyzing the potential impact and likelihood of risk events.


Your Skills and Experience:

  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the financial risk management field with a strong quantitative and technical background
  • Experience with analyzing and managing the risks associated with portfolios of equities, futures, and options
  • Detailed knowledge of exchange-traded derivatives with an emphasis on their risk characteristics
  • Familiarity with exchange margin and broker-dealer capital requirements
  • FINRA SIE and Series 57, or ability to pass the exams within 6 months of employment
  • The ability to communicate complex information and ideas to key business stakeholders
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills
  • A proactive attitude and an out-of-the-box thinker who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment


Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.
The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.
Salary Range
$150,000-$200,000 USD
About Us
IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we've been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

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Quantitative Analysis
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IMC Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

IMC is located across three floors of the iconic Willis Tower in the Loop area of Chicago. Our office is convenient to travel to with various train and bus stops nearby, and in addition, we're surrounded by multiple exciting dining, retail, and entertainment options.

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