Risk Operations Analyst - Exchange

Recruit123 is inviting analytical Risk Operations Analysts for opportunities with high-volume digital asset, derivatives, and financial exchanges in Singapore.

In this role, you will safeguard exchange platform integrity, monitor real-time market dynamics and order books, manage leverage and liquidation parameters, and mitigate operational, counterparty, and settlement risks.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct real-time monitoring of exchange trading activity, market depth, and abnormal order flows to detect market abuse, spoofing, layering, and wash trading.

Oversee collateral health, margin requirements, mark prices, and automated liquidation mechanisms during periods of extreme market volatility.

Review and approve high-value or anomalous fiat and crypto withdrawal requests, identifying account takeovers, fraudulent activity, or exploit vectors before fund release.

Monitor counterparty exposure, clearing settlement, and balance discrepancies across internal omnibus wallets and liquidity providers.

Design, calibrate, and backtest operational risk alert rules, liquidation thresholds, and circuit-breaker triggers.

Collaborate closely with Trading Operations, Technology, Compliance, and Quant teams during platform incidents, price feed anomalies, or execution bottlenecks.

Investigate risk incidents, bad debt occurrences, or slippage events to produce root-cause analyses and remediation workflows.

Support compliance with regulatory risk management guidelines (e.g., MAS Technology and Operational Risk requirements).

Requirements

Degree or Diploma in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Minimum 2 to 5 years of direct experience in risk operations, trade surveillance, middle office, or market risk within an exchange (crypto, FX, equities, or futures), market maker, or proprietary trading firm.

Strong understanding of exchange mechanics, order types, matching engines, perpetual contracts, and margin/liquidation systems.

Proficiency in querying and analyzing trading telemetry using SQL, Python, or data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI).

High calm-under-pressure capability to make sound risk decisions during fast-moving market swings.

Willingness to support rotational on-call coverage or shift schedules in line with a 24/7 global trading ecosystem.

What’s on Offer / What to Expect:

Competitive monthly base salary ranging from SGD 5,000 to SGD 8,000, tailored to technical depth and asset class expertise.

Confidential consultation on high-growth exchange operations and risk roles in Singapore.

Hands-on exposure to institutional-grade execution venues, sophisticated financial instruments, and algorithmic risk automation.

Recruit123 Pte Ltd

EA Personnel: Lian Cher Chieh (Steffan)

EA Personnel Registration No.: R1217705

EA License No.: 25C2810EA

Email: steffan.lian@recruit-123.com