Risk Analyst

Optiver is looking for a Risk Analyst to join our growing Risk team and help shape how we identify, measure, and manage trading risk. This is a highly collaborative role at the intersection of risk, trading, quantitative research, and technology. You will work closely with traders to understand complex positions and strategies, develop and challenge risk methodologies, and build tools that improve how we manage risk in fast-moving markets.

We are looking for someone who is intellectually curious, quantitatively strong, and genuinely interested in financial markets. You should be comfortable digging into data, challenging assumptions, and communicating your conclusions clearly to traders and senior stakeholders.

You will join a team that is continuing to evolve and expand, giving you the opportunity not only to manage today's risks, but also to help define the long-term direction of our trading risk framework.

• Analyze the risk of complex trading positions and portfolios

• Design, perform, and interpret stress tests and scenario analyses, identifying where our portfolios may be vulnerable to changing market conditions

• Partner closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers to develop and enhance risk analytics, tools, and systems

• Develop and challenge risk methodologies, metrics, and limits, ensuring they remain appropriate as our trading strategies and markets evolve

• Translate complex risk exposures into clear, actionable insights for traders and senior stakeholders

• Stay on top of market developments and assess how emerging events and changing market dynamics could affect our positions and strategies

• Investigate risk incidents and limit breaches, identify root causes, and help determine appropriate actions and improvements

• Identify weaknesses and opportunities within the existing risk framework and take ownership of driving improvements

• Contribute to the long-term development of Optiver's trading risk framework, including new analytics, processes, and approaches to risk