Risk Manager

The role

The Risk Manager will build the risk management function from the ground up for a group of regulated entities. This includes designing frameworks, policies, and metrics for a broker-dealer and investment adviser.

What you will do

• Build the risk management function including enterprise risk framework, risk appetite, and policies.
• Support and enhance monitoring of broker-dealer financial risks.
• Assess and monitor bank and counterparty risk.
• Run periodic enterprise risk assessments and maintain the risk register.
• Build and maintain a risk and control matrix across all entities.
• Own a central incident and issue log and lead root-cause analysis.
• Review new products, entities, and markets for risk before launch.
• Build controls for planned self-clearing and ATS business lines.
• Prepare risk reporting for senior management and the Risk Committee.
• Support audits and regulatory examinations.

Required qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, or a related function
• Experience in fintech, banking, brokerage, or RIA environments
• Hands-on, builder mindset
• Working knowledge of broker-dealer financial responsibility rules (e.g., SEC net capital and customer protection rules)
• Understanding of operational, credit/counterparty, and liquidity risk concepts
• Strong analytical skills
• Proficiency in Excel or similar tools
• Advanced-level English

Nice to have

• External or internal audit experience, or experience at a regulatory agency (e.g., FINRA, SEC, or a banking regulator)
• Professional certification such as FRM, CPA, CIA, or CRCM
• Experience with NetSuite or another ERP

About the company

Atomic Vest is a fast-growing, mission-driven company powering the expansion of financial services and wealth creation globally. They build critical financial infrastructure for consumer-facing companies.