Group Chief Risk Officer Fintech

Industry: Multi-Asset Digital Trading Platform,

Role Type: Full-time, Executive (C-Level),

Location: Dubai (primary), with oversight of India, Cyprus, Poland, Mauritius, and remote global teams.

Reports to: Group CEO/Founder.

WHO SHOULD APPLY READ CAREFULL

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APPLY ONLY IF YOU HAV

• E:15-20+ years of senior executive experience in enterprise risk management for multi-asset trading platform
• s.Direct leadership building risk engines, frameworks, and global teams across FX, CFDs, equities, cryptocurrency spot, perpetual futures, and copy-trading environment
• s.Proven track record operating at board and regulatory level across multiple jurisdiction
• s.Deep technical competence in quantitative risk, real-time surveillance systems, and digital asset custody framework
• s.Experience managing institutional, HNWI, and retail trading flows simultaneousl

y.
DO NOT APPLY

• IF:You have only worked in single-asset or single-jurisdiction environme
• ntsYour risk experience is limited to traditional banking without trading platform expos
• ureYou lack senior leadership in risk functions at global trading platforms, foreign exchange brokers, Contracts for Difference platforms, banks, or cryptocurrency exchang

es.
Role Pur

• poseThe Group Chief Risk Officer is accountable for building a zero-tolerance, risk-controlled trading and platform ecosystem across all business verticals spanning digital assets, foreign exchange, contracts for difference, and equit
• ies.The CRO owns every component of enterprise risk, trading risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, regulatory risk, and market abuse prevention acr
• oss:Institutional and High-Net-Worth client f
• lowsRetail user f
• lowsForeign Exchange, Contracts for Difference, and Equities tra
• dingCryptocurrency spot, perpetual futures, margin, and copy tra
• dingTreasury, liquidity, hedging, and bridge f
• lowsMarket-making counterparties and internal inven
• toryMulti-regulator environments (Dubai VARA, Mauritius FSC, Poland VASP, FIU India, Cyprus, e

tc.)
Key Responsibil

ities1. Enterprise Risk Framework (Group-

• Wide)Build the Group Risk Framework covering market, liquidity, operational, cyber, compliance, technology, and credit
• riskEstablish three-lines-of-defence architecture across all trading platforms, OTC, treasury, and institutional
• desksDefine risk appetite, limits, capital buffers, stress tests, and escalation prot

ocols
2. Trading Risk & Market Survei

• llanceImplement real-time risk engine
• s for:Foreign exchange, CFDs, and eq
• uitiesCryptocurrency spot and perpetual f
• uturesMargin lending and leverage co
• ntrolsCopy trading risk controls (leader risk scoring, follower allocation l
• imits)Build surveillance system
• s for:Price manipu
• lationWash t
• radingAbusive orde
• r flowLatency
• abuseInsider ac
• tivityCreate risk halts, kill switches, automatic deleveraging rules, and liquidation param

eters.
3. Liquidity, Treasury & Counterpar

• ty RiskOversee treasury operations for all fiat and digital asse
• t flowsSet counterparty onboarding criteria for liquidity providers, market makers, brokers, and cus
• todiansDefine liquidity stress rules, intraday funding controls, and internal net-of

f logic
4. Digital Asset Custody Risk & Go

• vernanceTake full ownership of risk governance within the digital asset custody ecosystem, in
• cluding:Oversight of policy engine rules, transaction signing policies, routing logic, and approval th
• resholdsDesigning MPC-based workflow controls for withdrawals, deposits, internal transfers, and treasury m
• ovementsImplementing segregation of wallets for retail clients, institutional clients, operational hot wallets, treasury cold wallets, and market-making/hedging
• walletsContinuous monitoring of transaction logs, risk alerts, and anomaly d
• etectionEnsuring no single point of failure exists in signing, approvals, or emergenc
• y accessPeriodic review of custody configurations to match changing regulatory obligations across all juris
• dictionsIntegrating custody systems with internal risk dashboards for exposure tracking, counterparty monitoring, and liquid
• ity riskApproving new workspace setups, vaults, and asset enablement
• requestsConducting quarterly access control, permissions, and role audits across all intern
• al teamsDesigning emergency protocols for key recovery, platform downtime, transaction halts, and wallet compromise s
• cenariosOwning the end-to-end digital asset custody risk framework across retail, institutional, OTC, and treasury op

erations
5. Product Risk G

• overnanceNo product goes live without the CROs
• sign-off.This
• includes:Perpetual futures p
• arametersMar
• gin tiersCopy-trading f
• rameworksNew tokens and new C
• FD assetsStaking, earn, or structured
• productsHigh-frequency or high-leverage

products
6. Regulatory & Jurisdict

• ional RiskEnsure global alignment across Dubai VARA, Mauritius FSC, Poland VASP, FIU India, Cyprus, and any other jur
• isdictionsMaintain documentation, audit trails, incident reporting, and risk capital
• assessmentEngage with regulators directly whe

n required
7. Operational Risk & Business

• ContinuityBuild Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) for
• all marketsCreate incident-response playbooks across liquidity, pricing, technology, and
• complianceEnsure vendor risk management, infrastructure risk scoring, and data protecti

on controls
8. Team Building &

• ; LeadershipBuild a global risk functio
• n including
• :Market RiskLiquidity & T
• reasury RiskOper
• ational RiskRegulatory & Com
• pliance RiskTechnology &
• ; Cyber RiskMode
• l ValidationSurveillance &
• ; MonitoringThis team must function 24/7 across Dubai, India, Europe, and

remote hubs.
Cand

idate ProfileMust-Ha

• ve ExperienceSenior leadership in risk functions at global trading platforms, FX brokers, CFD platforms, banks, or cryptocurre
• ncy exchangesExperience with complex multi-jurisdiction regulator
• y frameworks.15-20 yea
• rs experienceDeep understanding of market-making, liquidity provider integration, and instit
• utional flowsProven record of preventing losses, managing exposure, and implementing real-time

risk systems
Techni

• cal CompetenceQuantitative risk knowledge (models, stress tes
• ts, margining)Strong understanding of technology, matching engines, bridges, and
• pricing feedsKnowledge of blockchain, wallets, custody, and tr
• ansaction riskExperience with MPC (Multi-Party Computation) and digital asset secur

ity framework

• s
  What We OfferCompetitive compensation package in line with top-tier ind
• ustry standardsPerformance-linked b
• onus structuresLong-term incentives aligned with
• company growthOpportunity to build a world-class risk function fro
• m the ground upDirect impact on the strategic direction of a global multi-asset t