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.
Communicate complex risk concepts clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences.Required Skills & Qualifications :
Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance, Risk Management, Computer Science, or a related field.3 - 8 years of relevant experience in Risk Management within a brokerage or capital markets environment.Deep understanding of brokerage operations, capital markets, and trading platforms.Hands-on experience with RMS, order and trade lifecycle systems, and real-time risk frameworks.Familiarity with APIs, SaaS / Platform integration, and software workflows.Experience working alongside or directly with regulators (e.g., SEBI, NSE, BSE).Strong decision-making, analytical thinking, and communication skills.Ability to break down complex and abstract problems into actionable components.Self-managed, disciplined, and ownership-driven mindset.Knowledge of margin trading, options risk, derivatives, and intraday exposures.Experience in developing or auditing algorithmic trading systems.Exposure to regulatory technology (RegTech) platforms.Understanding of market surveillance and trade monitoring systems.ref : hirist.tech)