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Operational Risk Manager

IMC Trading
🇦🇺SydneySeniorFull-timePosted June 25, 2026

About the Role

IMC's Risk Team works closely with Trading and Technology teams to manage and mitigate risks associated with trading strategies across a wide range of products, exchanges, and technologies. This role offers the opportunity to be part of building a best-in-class operational risk function in the rapidly growing APAC region.

  • Serve as the Risk team's primary contact for operational risk, including execution controls, incident management, policy, and risk assessments
  • Build deep knowledge of IMC's automated trading ecosystem across APAC markets to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks
  • Own the framework for automated pre- and post-trade risk checks, including limit policies and ongoing monitoring
  • Analyse incidents, identify trends across desks and systems, and drive improvements to prevent recurrence
  • Develop and implement local operational risk frameworks aligned with global policies and industry standards

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Approximately 5 years of experience in an operational or market risk role, ideally within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or electronic market maker
  • Direct experience with automated trading systems and a good understanding of how software and hardware failures translate into trading risk
  • Familiarity with the APAC trading landscape, including exchange microstructure and market conventions across key markets such as Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, and China
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL, with the ability to independently query data, build monitoring tools, and automate reporting
  • Comfortable using AI tools to support automation and reporting tasks
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present risk findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-pressure trading environment, with the ability to prioritise effectively and act decisively
  • Entrepreneurial, self-starter willing to take initiative. Ability to carry projects through from ideation to completion