Senior Manager - Risk

Job Description

Salary: 45-48K AED

Company Overview:

An innovative financial services firm headquartered in Dubai is seeking a seasoned Senior Risk Manager to oversee Credit, Counterparty, and Market Risk across a growing portfolio of digital and alternative asset products. The company is rapidly scaling to serve a diverse client base, including private clients, family offices, and institutional investors, and is committed to building a world-class risk function that aligns with evolving regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

Role Summary:

Reporting to the Head of Risk, the individual will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across trading, compliance, product, and legal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead credit assessments for institutional clients and trading counterparties.
• Design and maintain risk policies, procedures, and appetite statements.
• Set and monitor exposure limits and manage collateral frameworks.
• Conduct due diligence and periodic reviews of active relationships.
• Implement credit scoring and evaluation models tailored to non-traditional asset classes.

• Monitor market risk across trading activity, lending, and structured products.
• Develop and apply risk measurement tools such as VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Analyze P&L and exposure trends and report on significant movements.
• Advise internal teams on risk-aware strategies and positioning.

• Ensure risk management practices comply with Dubai-based and international financial regulations.
• Lead the preparation and submission of internal and regulatory risk reports.
• Act as a key point of contact during regulatory inspections and audits.

• Collaborate with Product, Legal, and Business Development on new initiatives.
• Lead efforts to automate and digitize risk processes.
• Foster a strong internal risk culture through education and advocacy.

• Actively contribute to internal committees related to risk, credit, and product oversight.
• Present findings and reports to executive leadership and governance bodies.

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Risk, or a related field; postgraduate qualification preferred.
• 810 years of experience in financial risk roles, including recent exposure to digital or alternative asset markets.
• Strong grounding in OTC trading, collateralized lending, and structured yield products.
• Experience building and maintaining credit and market risk models.
• Familiarity with Dubai financial regulations or other virtual asset frameworks is a plus.
• Prior engagement with regulators is advantageous.