Chief Risk Officer - Cboe Clear

Chief Risk Officer - Cboe Clear

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Cboe Clear US (Clearinghouse) is registered with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).

The products currently supported by the Clearinghouse include margin eligible Bitcoin and Ether futures.

Cboe Clearinghouse is hiring for the role of a Chief Risk Officer reporting to the President, Global Clearing, Cboe Global Markets.

The Chief Risk Officer will also report to the Board of Directors and the Risk Management Committee of the Clearinghouse.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the growth and direction of the risk management function for the Clearinghouse while working collaboratively across teams to execute strategic initiatives.
• Implement and manage the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program for the Clearinghouse and ensure that the Clearinghouse operates in compliance with all internal policies and applicable regulations.
• Work with other second line and third line departments including the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Information Security Officer and the Internal Audit departments in the development and deployment of ERM tools, practices, and policies to analyze and report enterprise risks, to manage risks according to an enterprise risk management framework.
• Provide regular updates to the Board of Directors, Risk Management Committee, and other governing bodies.
• Work closely with sales and product teams to understand the product roadmap and strategic initiatives; develop strategies for the Clearinghouse to offer new products and services supported by robust risk modeling and risk monitoring systems.
• Oversee onboarding and regular review of clearing members including conducting credit due diligence and review of their operational capabilities.
• Ensure the Clearinghouse maintains adequate resources to manage possible defaults by clearing members. Lead the effort for default management planning and testing for the Clearinghouse in collaboration with clearing members and exchange liquidity providers.
• Oversee the quantitative risk requirements related to the Clearinghouse margin model, stress testing and default modeling within the risk function.

Ensure that quantitative risk methodologies remain sound and robust.

• Ensure that the market, credit, and liquidity risk management frameworks are meticulously designed and implemented as mandated by rules and regulations and by the company.
• Ensure the Clearinghouse has robust business continuity and disaster recovery processes. Coordinate the testing of these processes including operational resiliency of various business processes.
• Keep appraised of emerging risks and regulations applicable to the Clearinghouse.

Requirements

• 10-15 years’ experience in trading, clearing or capital markets risk management business and / or risk management technology business.
• Hands-on experience from amongst post-trade operational workflows, FCM risk management, CCP risk management, portfolio risk modeling for a trading business.
• Experience with regulatory relations and operating within Legal and Regulatory strategic engagement guidelines. Ability to self-interpret regulatory rules and guidelines, and specifically experience with CFTC DCO core principles or FCM regulations.
• Prior experience creating or implementing ERM programs with a good understanding of concepts such as risk appetite and tolerances, inherent and residual risks, risk controls as well as risk factors such as software development life cycle (SDLC), vendor risk management, business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Experience with creating and reviewing risk management policies.
• Experience of working within a well-defined governance framework including meeting with and reporting to a Board or Risk Committee.
• Robust critical thinking skills with interest in designing risk management governance frameworks across markets, funding, and credit.
• Experience serving as a trusted advisor or control authority within a business.
• A hands-on orientation with acute attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have good SQL, python, and GitHub skills to effectively leverage existing tools.
• Results driven, organized, the ability to manage / lead multiple functions simultaneously and a passion for delivering high quality service.
• Proven strategic agility with a broad knowledge and perspective, able to anticipate future consequences and trends accurately.
• Ability to embrace and adapt quickly to changes in priorities and situations; complete work under pressure; and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written & oral communication skills with the ability to organize and express ideas clearly when speaking to individuals or groups;

listen to others and respond appropriately; the ability to prepare clear concise written materials and presentations.

• Ability to communicate with co-workers, management, clients, franchisees, and others in a courteous, concise, and professional manner.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze, and summarize data and facts; establish logical connections and form sound decisions.
• Focus on continuous development of self and others; continually learn the latest platforms, staying abreast of risk management, information security trends, technology, and tools.
• Proven oversight of planning, priority setting and process management.
• Education : Bachelor’s degree plus 10 years of related work experience. MS degree is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrencies is a plus.

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