Head of Risk

Deeter Analytics

. Own a living inventory of every position, including its rationale, exit conditions and exposures by name, theme and factor .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in risk analysis and management, with a strong focus on derivatives, liquidity risk, and counterparty risk. Proficient in producing clear risk communications and defining risk processes independently, leveraging tools like Python and SQL.

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Risk Process ManagementPositioning AnalysisDerivatives ExpertisePython PrototypingAI Tools Fluency

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Hard Skills

Risk AnalysisPositioningDerivativesLiquidity RiskCounterparty RiskExposure AnalysisData SpecificationSQLPythonSpreadsheets

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationIndependent Decision-MakingAttention to DetailAdaptabilityCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsTrading PlatformsRisk Management Software

Industry Keywords

Fund ManagementFamily OfficeProprietary TradingRisk FunctionMarket Surveillance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own a living inventory of every position, including its rationale, exit conditions and exposures by name, theme and factor
Read positions daily against the firm's current views and flag stale, contradictory or mis-sized positions
Identify and resolve unattended positions, residual pieces of old trades and drifted exposures
Produce exposure and scenario views sized to the firm's trading style
Monitor counterparty, financing and operational exposures across brokers and platforms
Define the data and views required by the risk function for the technology team to build
Write a concise daily note covering what changed, what is stale and what requires a decision
Work directly with the principal, trading desk and technology team
Operate as an individual contributor and perform the work hands-on

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience doing this job at a fund, family office, proprietary trading desk, or on the risk side of a bank
Experience running a clean risk process
Strong understanding of positioning, derivatives, factor exposure, liquidity risk and counterparty risk
Ability to translate discretionary views into position and exposure analysis
Ability to define risk processes independently without an existing limits framework or risk committee
Ability to specify and ideally prototype data and views using Python, SQL or spreadsheets
Fluency with modern AI tools for surveillance, synthesis and reporting, with a trust-but-verify discipline
Ability to work at the speed of markets with trading and technology teams
Ability to produce clear, concise, evidence-backed risk communication
Ability to work remotely during US market hours

Benefits

Comp & perks

A direct line to the principal and a seat beside the decisions your work protects
A well-capitalized firm with a distinctive approach to markets and a clean slate to define how risk works here
A small, discreet team that values intellectual honesty, independent judgment and speed over hierarchy and process
Upside tied to how much cleaner and better-protected the book is because you exist
Remote work during US market hours