Junior Risk Analyst
Excited to start your career in the field of Risk management within a fast-paced and international trading company? If you have a great attention to detail, excellent analytical skills and a communicative nature, then you might be the new Junior Risk Analyst we’re looking for.
Who we are
Optiver is an international and innovative proprietary trading firm. We deal with highly-automated electronic market making activities in a wide variety of financial products such as derivatives, stocks and fixed income. With offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney, employing around 600 talented individuals from over 30 nationalities, we trade in more than 20 countries, across 5 continents, 24 hours a day.
What you’ll do
As our new Junior Risk Analyst you will be working in an ambitious and results-driven team, right on the trading floor. Your main responsibility will be analysing and monitoring the risks related to our trading activities in various financial products across the globe. Next to that you will develop extensive relationships with internal and external stakeholders while monitoring their transactions, reporting on risks and evaluating trading activities.
In short, as our new Junior Risk Analyst you will be:
- Proactively conducting scans on trading risks;
- Monitoring and reporting risk violations to the Head of Risk and Trading department;
- Monitoring transaction and capital limits set up with brokers and clearing;
- Evaluating market making activities, hedging methodologies and trading models;
- Analysing and reconciling theoretical PL’s reported by the Trading department;
- Developing and implementing new risk methodologies;
- Establishing relationships with internal stakeholders and advise them on several risks;
- Maintaining contacts with clearing banks, brokers, exchanges and regulatory authorities.
What you’ll need
- An academic degree preferably in Econometrics, Economics, Finance or equivalent;
- Excellent analytical skills;
- Experience using Excel and VBA;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English;
- Great attention to detail and a well-structured mind;
- An affinity for financial markets and trading;
- A positive and enthusiastic nature.
Our Culture
No suits, no ties and no red tape. Our culture is one of our most valuable assets: result-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible, whilst striving for professionalism within all our departments.
Our offices are modern and offer many stress-relieving extras, such as pool tables, table football and more. We give our employees the flexibility to be innovative, research their ideas and act upon them. Our working environment is ideal for ambitious and talented people who enjoy a challenge. Despite the independent nature of our profession, we are a very team-oriented company.
What you’ll get
Besides great salary, also excellent secondary benefits like: fully paid first-class commuting expenses, a premium-free pension, attractive profit sharing structure, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, Friday afternoon drinks and even a weekly in-house chair massage.
We consider this position to be a starting point for a motivated talent who wants to develop further within Optiver.
Interested?
Apply directly via the button below. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. For more information contact Kim Ruijer on +31 (0)20 708 7000.
An assessment is part of the application procedure
Unsolicited recruitment services for this position are not welcome
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