Market Risk Analyst – Digital Assets (EU Remote)

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we’ve grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation.

Today, we rock with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels and Singapore, also soon to be Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight.

We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We’re pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry’s progress with our research and governance initiatives.

At Keyrock, we’re not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We’re actively building it.

We are looking for… a Market Risk Analyst who will support the Head of Risk to manage the company’s complete Risk framework and control processes across market, credit and operational risk.

This position will be reporting directly to the Head of Risk and be responsible for proactively monitoring market & liquidity risk across all the trading business units, help assess counterparty credit risk and ensure risk control processes are correctly followed and adhered to by all internal teams.  The Risk Analyst is expected to aggregate, identify, monitor & track all risks pertaining to Keyrock’s market making operations, prop and OTC trading, for spot and derivatives as well as DeFi related activities.  The Risk Analyst will work closely with all trading business units, internal finance, compliance and legal teams.

Job description

• Support the Head of Risk in implementing the global risk management strategy for the organization

• Help strengthen the company’s risk culture by promoting risk management best practices

• Adopt a model of continuous improvement to allow the organization to refine risk management processes, enhance controls, and embrace new methods and technologies to stay ahead of potential risks.

• Horizon scan to increase awareness of the potential risks affecting the business

• Continually drive for enhanced efficiency and client service (internal and external) for all Risk

processes

• Support and motivate junior members of the Risk team to maximize effectiveness

• Compile reports, summaries, and presentations to communicate risk findings to internal stakeholders and escalate to senior management significant risk exposures and risk limit utilization

• Work closely with key stakeholders to understand the business requirements for projects and

develop effective working relationships during project implementation

Background and experience

• 3-5 years of experience in market risk management or a similar risk related role with transferable skills

• Knowledge and understanding of financial products including spot and derivative instruments and their risk/reward tradeoffs.

• Strong understanding of market risk measures, metrics, concepts, and methodologies: VaR, CVaR (ES), stress testing, option greeks.

• Knowledge and experience of some (or all) of the following service lines; market making, OTC trading, proprietary trading.

• Practical and commercial approach to problem solving combined with a control mindset

• Ability to present and communicate (written and verbally) complex information and concepts to internal stakeholders and senior management.

• Desire and ability to collaborate effectively with other teams and departments and levels of seniority

• Strong programming skills in PYTHON, R, SQL is a plus

• Experience of analyzing credit data and company financial statements is a plus

• Understanding of exchanges, clearing houses, initial & variation margin is a plus

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We’re after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer

• A competitive salary package, with various benefits depending on the method of engagement (employee or Contractor).
• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence

As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.