Specialist, Financial Risk

Your mission

Join our Group Risk Management Team as a Financial Risk Manager, focusing on the identification, assessment, and monitoring of credit, liquidity, and market risk. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of Traditional Finance (TradFi) and digital assets, acting as the primary risk owner for our Real Stocks and Commodities products, and leading the risk oversight for future securities-related launches.

Reporting to the FRM Lead, you will be responsible for operating and optimizing Bitpanda’s Financial Risk Management (FRM) models. You will use your quantitative background and traditional market expertise to provide data-driven risk assessments, acting as a key advisor to our business and trading operations.

What you'll do

Serve as the dedicated risk owner for TradFi asset classes, specifically Real Stocks, ETFs, and Commodities.
Develop, maintain, and optimize FRM models to establish risk limits and monitor global exposure across our multi-asset platform.
Analyze and mitigate complex cross-asset risks, including the management of liquidity drag between T+2 TradFi settlement cycles and 24/7 crypto operations.
Advise product and business owners on risk identification and mitigation strategies, providing the quantitative analysis required for executive-level decision-making.
Act as the main point of contact for Bitpanda’s operational teams and trading desk, ensuring risk frameworks are integrated efficiently alongside fast-paced product delivery.

Who you are

Strong professional background in traditional financial markets (Stocks, ETFs, Commodities), with a clear understanding of market structures, settlement cycles, and traditional risk dynamics.
Advanced Python programming skills for developing and maintaining risk models, paired with a working knowledge of SQL for data manipulation.
Previous experience in risk management within a brokerage, investment bank, or scaling fintech, with a core focus on market, credit, or liquidity risk.
Direct experience building or managing risk frameworks for Margin Trading or leveraged stock products is highly desirable.
Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and take end-to-end ownership of complex quantitative tasks.

Details

Your mission

What you'll do

Serve as the dedicated risk owner for TradFi asset classes, specifically Real Stocks, ETFs, and Commodities.
Develop, maintain, and optimize FRM models to establish risk limits and monitor global exposure across our multi-asset platform.
Analyze and mitigate complex cross-asset risks, including the management of liquidity drag between T+2 TradFi settlement cycles and 24/7 crypto operations.
Advise product and business owners on risk identification and mitigation strategies, providing the quantitative analysis required for executive-level decision-making.
Act as the main point of contact for Bitpanda’s operational teams and trading desk, ensuring risk frameworks are integrated efficiently alongside fast-paced product delivery.

Who you are

Strong professional background in traditional financial markets (Stocks, ETFs, Commodities), with a clear understanding of market structures, settlement cycles, and traditional risk dynamics.
Advanced Python programming skills for developing and maintaining risk models, paired with a working knowledge of SQL for data manipulation.
Previous experience in risk management within a brokerage, investment bank, or scaling fintech, with a core focus on market, credit, or liquidity risk.
Direct experience building or managing risk frameworks for Margin Trading or leveraged stock products is highly desirable.
Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and take end-to-end ownership of complex quantitative tasks.