Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

We are a leading trading platform that is ambitiously expanding to the four corners of the globe. Our top-rated products have won prestigious industry awards for their cutting-edge technology and seamless client experience. We deliver only the best, so we are always in search of the best people to join our ever-growing talented team.

About Capital Vault:

Capital Vault (CV) is a crypto infrastructure provider under the Capital.com Group umbrella, focused on delivering regulated crypto custody, spot exchange, payment processing, and wallet services.

Role Summary:

The Head of Risk Management is a senior leadership position responsible for establishing, overseeing, and continuously enhancing CV s enterprise-wide risk framework. This includes financial, operational, cyber, and crypto-asset-specific risks. The role is critical in meeting the SCA/CySEC/FCA regulatory expectations and ensuring the company operates within its defined risk appetite across all business lines.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Risk Oversight:
Design, implement, and maintain a risk management framework tailored for a regulated crypto firm.
Identify and assess material risks across CV's business: custody, exchange, wallets, payments and staking.
Define and update the firm s risk appetite and tolerance thresholds in collaboration with the Board.

2. Risk Governance & Reporting:
Lead the Risk Management Committee and prepare regular risk reports to the Board and regulators.
Maintain the Risk Register and ensure timely escalation of emerging risks.
Work closely with Compliance and Internal Audit to maintain a robust control environment.

3. Operational Risk:
Develop risk scenarios.
Monitor and respond to service disruptions and operational control failures.
Drive implementation of internal controls and conduct Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs).

4. Market, Liquidity & Credit Risk:
Assess risks linked to CV s trading with external liquidity providers (e.g., default, slippage, settlement failure).
Review pricing sources, aggregation logic, and back-to-back execution mechanisms.

5. Custody & Technology Risk:
Evaluate risk controls around hot/cold wallet segregation, private key management (e.g., Fireblocks), and internal ledger accuracy.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to mitigate key threats such as wallet compromise, ransomware, or DDoS attacks.

6. Regulatory Risk:
Monitor compliance with SCA s risk-related requirements (e.g., capital adequacy, outsourcing, incident reporting).
Ensure risk systems, documentation, and controls remain audit-ready and up to date.

7. Product Risk:
Perform product risk assessments for new crypto offerings before go-live.
Ensure end-user risk disclosures and internal risk control measures align with regulatory expectations.

What We re Looking For:

Required:
Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in risk management, with at least 3 in crypto, fintech, or capital markets.
Strong understanding of crypto-specific risks, including custody, blockchain analytics, and liquidity sourcing.
Experience working with SCA or other financial regulators in the UAE or GCC.
Knowledge of MiCA, SCA Cat7, and UK MLR2017 risk-related obligations is a plus.

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