Risk Manager (Forex / CFD Brokerage)

Remote
- Amman, Ma‘ān, Jordan
- Beirut, Bayrūt, Lebanon
+1 more
Dealing and Risk
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Job description

Role Overview

We’re hiring a Risk Manager to strengthen and scale our risk function across a fast-growing forex/CFD brokerage environment. You will own day-to-day market risk and client risk oversight, drive risk policy execution, and partner with Dealing, Compliance, Operations, Product, and Tech to ensure robust controls, clean flows, and a resilient risk framework.

This is a high-impact role for someone who can combine hands-on monitoring with strategic risk design, and who thrives in a high-tempo trading business.

Key Responsibilities

Market Risk & Exposure Management

Monitor real-time and end-of-day net exposure, concentration risk, and volatility risk across instruments (FX, metals, indices, crypto, etc.).
Define and maintain risk limits: exposure caps, concentration thresholds, margin buffers, and escalation rules.
Partner with Dealing to manage hedging logic (where relevant), execution quality, and abnormal market conditions.

Client Risk, Conduct & Trading Surveillance

Detect and investigate abusive or high-risk behaviors: latency arbitrage, bonus abuse, toxic flow, hedging abuse, spoofing-like patterns, scalping anomalies, etc.
Implement and optimize risk flags, segmentation rules, and client profiling (new vs mature, retail vs partners, risk scoring).
Recommend risk actions: leverage restrictions, instrument restrictions, margin adjustments, trading conditions review, or account measures aligned with internal policies.

Risk Controls, Policies & Governance

Build/upgrade risk policies and SOPs across: leverage framework, margin calls/stop-out logic, negative balance protection (as applicable), instrument risk parameters, weekend/overnight risk, news risk.
Run risk committee cadence: dashboards, incident reports, action plans, KPI tracking.
Ensure proper audit trails and structured documentation of decisions and actions.

Data, Automation & Tooling

Own dashboards and reporting (MT4/MT5, CRM, BI tools): exposures, PnL drivers, client cohorts, exceptions, incidents.
Work with Tech/Product to automate monitoring, alerts, and rule-based controls.
Improve risk efficiency by reducing manual work through workflows and tooling.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Align with Compliance on AML-red-flags overlap and suspicious behaviors.
Support Sales/Partnerships with risk input for promotional structures, rebates, and bonus eligibility rules (ensuring clean flow and controlled downside).
Provide training to internal teams on risk best practices and escalation protocols.

Job requirements

Requirements (Must-Have)

3+ years in a Risk role within Forex/CFD brokerage, prop trading, liquidity provider, or similar trading environment.
Strong knowledge of:
- Margin/leverage mechanics, exposure management, stop-out logic
- Market microstructure basics, volatility regimes, news risk
- Client behavior patterns and trading abuse typologies
Experience with MT4/MT5 (manager/admin reports) and practical risk monitoring.
High analytical capability (Excel advanced; BI tools a plus) and ability to translate data into decisions.
Clear communication and ability to operate with senior stakeholders under time pressure.

Nice-to-Have

Experience implementing risk rules/alerts via BI, SQL, Python, or internal tooling.
Familiarity with liquidity/prime brokerage setups (A-Book/B-Book hybrid models).
Previous work in regulated environments (CySEC, MFSA, SCA, etc.).
Experience designing bonus/promotion risk controls and eligibility frameworks.

What Success Looks Like (90–120 Days)

Real-time risk monitoring and escalation framework running smoothly with clear ownership.
Improved detection of toxic flow and abusive trading patterns with measurable reduction in losses.
Cleaner governance: documented risk decisions, better dashboards, clear KPIs, faster incident resolution.
Risk parameters optimized across instruments and client segments without harming healthy volume.

What We Offer

High-ownership role with direct impact on trading performance and risk resilience.
Multi-location flexibility (Lebanon/Jordan/Remote) with a global team.
Competitive compensation aligned to experience + performance upside.
Strong growth runway and autonomy to build best-in-class risk systems.

Remote

Amman, Ma‘ān, Jordan
Beirut, Bayrūt, Lebanon

+1 more

Dealing and Risk

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Have you worked at least 3 years in a Risk role within a Forex/CFD brokerage (or LP/prop closely tied to retail flow) and do you have hands-on MT4/MT5 risk monitoring experience (reports/exposure/trading behavior analysis)?

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Risk scope: Describe your last Risk role (company type, book model, instruments, average daily volume, your direct responsibilities).

Exposure management: Walk us through how you monitor and control net exposure and concentration risk intraday. What limits do you set and why?

A-Book/B-Book hybrid: What model(s) have you operated in? How do you decide segmentation and when to change routing/conditions?

Abusive / toxic flow detection: Name the top 5 toxic patterns you’ve handled (e.g., latency arb, bonus abuse). How did you detect them and what actions did you take?

Leverage & margin governance: How do you design leverage rules by instrument and client segment (new vs mature), including news/volatility controls?

Incident handling: Tell us about a risk incident you managed (flash move, liquidity issue, system delay). What was your escalation process and post-mortem outcome?

MT4/MT5 competency: Which MT4/MT5 reports/metrics do you rely on most for risk control (exposure, client clusters, PnL drivers, execution anomalies)?

Data & automation: What tools have you used (Excel/BI/SQL/Python)? Give one example where you automated alerts/dashboards and the business impact.

Commercial alignment: How do you partner with Sales/BD on rebates/bonuses/promotions to keep growth while protecting downside? Give a concrete example.

KPIs & governance: What risk KPIs do you track weekly/monthly (e.g., toxic flow ratio, exposure breaches, loss events)? How do you run governance with Dealing/Compliance?

What is your preferred work location?

Jordan (Amman, Ma‘ān, Jordan)

Lebanon (Beirut, Bayrūt, Lebanon)

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