Position SummaryWe are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Senior Futures Risk Analyst to join our Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM") risk management team in Jersey City/Dallas. This individual-contributor role is responsible for monitoring client and proprietary risk exposures, administering trading and credit controls, evaluating margin and collateral adequacy, and escalating emerging market- and credit-risk issues in a timely manner.
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in futures clearing or FCM risk operations, including intraday margin monitoring, position-limit oversight, credit controls, and risk escalation procedures. This role will work closely with Clearing Operations, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders to support a disciplined and scalable futures risk-control environment.
Primary Responsibilities- Monitor real-time and end-of-day market, credit, margin, and liquidity exposures across client accounts and proprietary positions.
- Execute established risk-monitoring procedures; identify, investigate, document, and escalate risk-limit breaches and unusual account activity promptly.
- Administer CME Globex Credit Controls ("GC2"), including setting and maintaining approved pre-trade exposure and maximum-order-quantity limits for futures and options.
- Evaluate client margin adequacy, including initial and maintenance margin requirements, variation margin, intraday deficits, and collateral coverage.
- Monitor stress-testing and Value-at-Risk ("VaR") results; identify portfolio vulnerabilities and escalate material adverse-risk scenarios.
- Monitor exchange-imposed and firm-specific position limits, accountability levels, and reportable-position thresholds; investigate and escalate potential breaches.
- Assess the quality, eligibility, concentration, liquidity, valuation, and applicable haircuts of margin collateral.
- Investigate risk alerts that may arise from stale prices, erroneous ticks, feed disruptions, position-data issues, or other market-data-integrity concerns; distinguish genuine risk events from data-driven false signals.
- Execute risk escalation procedures, including trading restrictions, credit-limit changes, and support for partial or full account liquidations in accordance with delegated authority and firm policy.
- Monitor upcoming market-risk events-including economic releases, geopolitical developments, contract expirations, delivery periods, and market holidays-and recommend appropriate adjustments to risk parameters or monitoring thresholds.
- Partner with Clearing Operations, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and the business to resolve risk issues and improve control effectiveness.
- Prepare daily risk reports, exception logs, incident summaries, and management reporting.
- Participate in risk-control testing, procedure development, system enhancements, and regulatory or internal-audit requests.
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
- 3-7 years of relevant experience in futures risk management, clearing operations, margin operations, or credit risk at an FCM, clearing firm, futures broker, or exchange.
- Strong understanding of futures contract specifications, settlement and delivery mechanics, and product-specific risk characteristics across equity index, fixed-income, commodity, FX, and options-on-futures products.
- Practical knowledge of initial margin, maintenance margin, variation margin, intraday margin calls, and end-of-day margin processes.
- Experience monitoring client portfolios for market, credit, margin, concentration, and liquidity risk.
- Familiarity with futures margin methodologies, including SPAN, CME CORE, or comparable risk-based margin frameworks.
- Working knowledge of exchange and firm position limits, accountability levels, reportable-position requirements, and account aggregation concepts.
- Experience interpreting stress-testing and VaR results and translating them into appropriate risk decisions or escalations.
- Familiarity with CME Globex Credit Controls ("GC2") or comparable pre-trade credit-control and order-risk-control tools.
- Ability to investigate market-data and position-data anomalies, including stale prices, erroneous trades or ticks, and data-feed disruptions.
- Knowledge of escalation procedures for margin deficiencies, risk-limit breaches, trading restrictions, and forced liquidation.
- Familiarity with CFTC, NFA, and CME Group rules applicable to FCM risk operations.
- Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to make sound time-sensitive decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Direct experience at a self-clearing FCM or CME Clearing Member.
- Experience administering GC2 limits and monitoring blocked, cancelled, or restricted orders.
- Experience evaluating non-cash collateral, including collateral haircuts, concentration limits, and eligibility requirements.
- Series 3 registration or ability to obtain it within a defined period after hire.
- FRM, PRM, CFA, or similar risk-management certification.
- Experience with risk-reporting tools, SQL, Python, Excel/VBA, or data-analysis platforms.
What Success Looks Like- Risk exposures, margin deficits, and position-limit exceptions are identified, escalated, and resolved within established service-level and governance requirements.
- GC2 and other trading-risk controls are accurate, properly approved, and supported by complete documentation.
- Risk reports and incident summaries are reliable, concise, and actionable for senior management.
- Market-data anomalies are investigated efficiently without allowing genuine client or firm exposures to remain unmanaged.
- The role contributes practical improvements to risk-monitoring workflows, control documentation, reporting, and cross-functional issue management.
BenefitsWhat We Offer:- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Base pay for a successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected salary range for this role is
$125,000-$165,000. This role is also eligible to participate in our discretionary bonus plan.
DisclaimerThe above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Employment with Futu Holdings Limited, including all subsidiaries, is on an at-will basis. This means that either the employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice and with or without cause, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as creating an express or implied contract of employment or guarantee of employment for any specific duration.
