Risk Management Specialist

Job Description :

We are seeking a seasoned and proactive Risk Management Specialist with a strong background in capital markets and brokerage operations. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in Risk Management Systems (RMS), an understanding of trading lifecycle workflows, and hands-on experience interacting with regulators, technology teams, and business stakeholders. This role demands strategic thinking, strong communication, and the ability to solve complex problems while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Monitor and manage real-time risk for capital market operations within a brokerage environment.
• Analyze, measure, and control risk exposures, ensuring alignment with organizational risk appetite and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee and improve RMS (Risk Management Systems) policies, controls, and rule sets for order limits, margin monitoring, P&L thresholds, etc.
• Drive the end-to-end risk assessment and compliance review of trading and capital market products.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to embed risk controls.
• Ensure risk checks are incorporated in system design, APIs, and platform features during product development and integration.
• Act as a liaison with regulatory bodies, auditors, and exchanges for inspections, queries, and reporting.
• Ensure adherence to SEBI, NSE / BSE, and other capital market regulatory frameworks.
• Maintain accurate documentation and audit trails of risk frameworks and decision-making processes.
• Work closely with trading desks, compliance, engineering, operations, and client-facing teams to implement best practices.
• Translate technical risk requirements into actionable insights for business and technology stakeholders.
• Perform risk modeling and scenario analysis to assess potential impacts.
• Provide insights and recommendations to leadership regarding trade-offs, controls, and

improvements in the risk management architecture.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

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