Risk Officer

CompanyAAA Global

LocationLondon Area, United Kingdom

Posted At1/8/2026

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Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified.

Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

Standard minimum applies

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Description

Risk Officer – Prime Brokerage (Margin Focus)

Location: London, UK

Overview:

My client are hiring a Risk Officer for their London-based mini-prime brokerage, with primary responsibility for margining, leverage control, and counterparty risk across hedge fund clients. This role is critical to protecting the firm’s balance sheet and requires absolute precision and sound judgment.

Key Responsibilities:

Own initial and maintenance margin frameworks, including haircuts, concentration add-ons, and liquidity adjustments.
Monitor client leverage, margin utilization, and exposure on an intraday and EOD basis.
Oversee margin calls, enforce deadlines, and manage breaches or forced deleveraging where required.
Identify and escalate concentration, wrong-way, and liquidation risk.
Run stress tests focused on adverse market moves and liquidation scenarios.
Ensure all margin decisions are documented, auditable, and regulator-ready.

Requirements:

10+ years’ experience in Prime Brokerage Risk, Margin Risk, or Counterparty Credit Risk.

Deep, hands-on understanding of margin mechanics and prime brokerage leverage, derivatives valuation (swaps, options, both listed and OTC, procedures and technical solutions required to enforce trade risk parameters).

Strong judgment under pressure; no tolerance for operational or analytical error.

Experience interfacing with Front Office, Operations, Legal, and senior management.

Profile:

Detail-driven, conservative risk mindset.
Comfortable challenging revenue-driven stakeholders.
Suited to a lean platform where risk decisions have immediate impact.

Note: the successful candidate in the position will lead to certification under FCA Senior Management Certification Regime, to be designated as SMF4.