Margin Operations (Overnight)

The role

A senior Margin Risk professional will own overnight operations and serve as the primary risk monitor during non-standard hours. You will perform real-time margin surveillance, execute margin calls, and manage risk posture through the overnight session.

What you will do

• Monitor margin positions, exposure, and collateral levels in real time during overnight hours
• Identify and escalate margin deficiencies, unusual position concentrations, and risk limit breaches
• Execute margin calls and manage the end-to-end margin call lifecycle
• Perform end-of-day and overnight reconciliations across clearing accounts
• Coordinate with clearing members, counterparties, and custodians to resolve margin disputes and settlement issues
• Monitor market activity and liquidity conditions overnight
• Maintain and update risk operations runbooks, escalation procedures, and shift handoff documentation
• Support the build-out of automated monitoring tools and contribute to process improvements

Required qualifications

• 4–10+ years of experience in margin operations, clearing operations, or market risk at an exchange, clearinghouse, FCM, or broker-dealer
• Deep familiarity with margin methodologies, initial margin, variation margin, intraday margin calls, and collateral management
• Experience operating in a real-time risk monitoring capacity
• Strong understanding of cleared derivatives, futures, or event contracts and their associated risk mechanics
• Comfort working overnight or non-standard hours
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar tools for data analysis and monitoring
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong written communication skills

Benefits

• equity
• benefits

About the company

Kalshi is a prediction market that allows people to trade on the outcome of any events. The company aims to build the largest financial market on the planet.