Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee risk management for KYC and onboarding processes, ensuring smooth and compliant operations for retail users.
- Lead trading risk management initiatives, ensuring that all trading activities are conducted within the companys risk appetite and regulatory frameworks.
- Collaborate with business units to support new initiatives, ensuring alignment with both company objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Risk Oversight: Manage and oversee various types of risk, including market, credit, liquidity, operations, technology, new product, compliance, and wallet risk.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all risk management processes are compliant with local regulations in Hong Kong and prepare for regulatory compliance in future overseas markets.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the compliance, legal, and product teams to ensure new product launches and business developments meet regulatory requirements while fostering innovation.
Key Requirements:
- Risk Expertise: Proven experience in managing trading risk, with exposure to other risk categories such as market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk.
- Regulatory Experience: Strong understanding of Hong Kongs regulatory environment (SFC) with experience in interacting with regulators. Experience with overseas regulations is a plus.
- Financial & Crypto Knowledge: Experience in traditional finance is essential, and crypto experience or a demonstrated interest in the domain is highly preferred.
- Strategic & Creative Thinking: Ability to balance regulatory compliance with creative approaches to support business growth and development.
- Leadership Skills: Strong leadership experience, with the ability to communicate risk management strategies clearly and effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and able to adapt to different regulatory landscapes, including potential international expansions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, law, or related field; advanced degrees or certifications (CFA, FRM, etc.) are a plus.
- 10+ years of risk management experience, particularly in a trading or financial services environment.
- Experience working in regulated environments, particularly with the SFC or similar regulatory bodies.
About OSL
OSL is the first HK-based and SFC-licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform. Offering over-the-counter (voice and electronic) digital assets execution, an agency exchange platform, customer segregated assets and the world's best insured custody solution of digital assets. As the first SFC-licensed, HK-listed (863 HK) and ‘Big-four-audited digital asset and fintech company, OSL is one of the largest digital asset platforms, providing principal brokerage, custody, exchange and SaaS services to institutional clients and professional investors.