Traded Risk Management Team Lead

We’re partnering with a leading international financial institution to hire a Financial Risk Expert into a high-impact Trading Risk team.

This is a senior, front-office facing role focused on XVA risk oversight across a global derivatives portfolio, sitting at the intersection of Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk.

The Role

You’ll play a key role in strengthening the XVA risk framework, working closely with traders, risk, finance and technology teams.

• Drive improvements in XVA risk oversight, governance and controls
• Deliver portfolio analysis across sensitivities, VaR, stress testing and scenarios
• Engage directly with traders on positions, strategies and risk impacts
• Act as SME across XVA (CVA, DVA, FVA, CollVA) and exposure drivers
• Support model governance, validation, monitoring and regulatory readiness
• Contribute to risk tooling, data flows and process improvements (Python / data analysis)
• Partner across FO, Risk, Finance and IT to enhance end-to-end risk infrastructure

Your Background

• 10+ years within Trading Risk / Market Risk / CCR / XVA
• Strong quantitative mindset – comfortable working with models, data and analytics
• Solid understanding of derivatives, pricing and risk engines
• Proven ability to engage directly with traders and challenge risk positioning
• Experience across model governance / regulatory frameworks
• Technical capability in Python / data analysis (Excel expected; SQL/VBA a plus)

Why This Role

• High-visibility role with direct interaction with the trading desk
• Opportunity to shape XVA framework and risk architecture
• Broad exposure across derivatives, macro strategies and global portfolios
• Environment that values practical, hands-on risk and technical capability