Risk Manager (Forex / CFD Brokerage)

DB Financial

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and end-of-day net exposure, concentration risk, and volatility risk across instruments (FX, metals, indices, crypto, etc.).

• Define and maintain risk limits: exposure caps, concentration thresholds, margin buffers, and escalation rules.

• Partner with Dealing to manage hedging logic (where relevant), execution quality, and abnormal market conditions.

Client Risk, Conduct & Trading Surveillance

• Detect and investigate abusive or high-risk behaviors: latency arbitrage, bonus abuse, toxic flow, hedging abuse, spoofing-like patterns, scalping anomalies, etc.

• Implement and optimize risk flags, segmentation rules, and client profiling (new vs mature, retail vs partners, risk scoring).

• Recommend risk actions: leverage restrictions, instrument restrictions, margin adjustments, trading conditions review, or account measures aligned with internal policies.

Risk Controls, Policies & Governance

• Build/upgrade risk policies and SOPs across: leverage framework, margin calls/stop-out logic, negative balance protection (as applicable), instrument risk parameters, weekend/overnight risk, news risk.

• Run risk committee cadence: dashboards, incident reports, action plans, KPI tracking.

• Ensure proper audit trails and structured documentation of decisions and actions.

Data, Automation & Tooling

• Own dashboards and reporting (MT4/MT5, CRM, BI tools): exposures, PnL drivers, client cohorts, exceptions, incidents.

• Work with Tech/Product to automate monitoring, alerts, and rule-based controls.

• Improve risk efficiency by reducing manual work through workflows and tooling.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Align with Compliance on AML-red-flags overlap and suspicious behaviors.

• Support Sales/Partnerships with risk input for promotional structures, rebates, and bonus eligibility rules (ensuring clean flow and controlled downside).

• Provide training to internal teams on risk best practices and escalation protocols.