Market Risk Officer

London | High-Impact Role

Join a dynamic and fast-paced risk team where you’ll play a key role in monitoring, analysing, and controlling market risk across a broad range of products. Reporting directly to the Head of Market & Counterparty Risk EMEA, this position offers strong visibility across trading desks, risk, and senior stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own the daily production, analysis, and certification of key market risk metrics (VaR, stress testing, sensitivities, P&L)
• Monitor risk limits, investigate breaches, and partner closely with Front Office and Risk teams
• Deliver insightful P&L analysis and support the sign-off process with traders
• Contribute to regulatory reporting, backtesting, and risk governance frameworks
• Build dashboards and reports for senior management, supporting key risk committees
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance and trading desks on risk and performance insights

What we’re looking for:

• Strong quantitative background (Maths, Engineering, or similar)
• Experience in market risk, ideally across Rates, Credit, or Commodities
• Solid understanding of derivatives and financial markets
• Advanced Excel skills (VBA/SQL a strong plus)
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and confident engaging with front office stakeholders

Why apply?

This is a hands-on, high-visibility role offering direct interaction with trading teams and exposure to complex products in a well-established global platform.