Senior Quant Risk Analyst
Job Description
-- Direct applications only (no agencies) --
Who are we
WEBB Traders is a fast-growing, global proprietary trading company, driven by data and technology. We act as a market maker, using our own capital to trade on global stock and derivatives exchanges. By leveraging a large network of interdealer brokers and the latest advancements in electronic trading technology, we add liquidity to the financial markets specialized in cash equity and derivatives.
Since our very first trade in 2009, WEBB’s headquarters have been based in Amsterdam, nowadays supported by a strong presence in Paris. With our 70 employees of over 25 different nationalities, we are united in our great ambition to grow WEBB into a global leader in arbitrage and liquidity.
Join us to accelerate your career in the unique trading culture of openness, community, enjoyment, and boundary-free entrepreneurship.
Are you a tech-savvy Senior Quant Risk Analyst, ready to take your next career step? Are you capable of perfectly aligning risk management with algorithmic trading?
WEBB has the ambition to become a global leading trading firm. Data analysis and automation are two core pillars of our growth, and our strong risk management framework is a key foundation for it. WEBB Traders is looking for a senior, data-driven risk manager in Amsterdam to take our company's risk management function to the next level. Reporting to the Management Board, you will take the lead in strengthening our controls in collaboration with the traders and engineers, and develop world-class risk tools that help identify weaknesses and opportunities. You ensure we keep the company safe, simultaneously elevating our controls into strategic edge.
Your role
Designing and implementing WEBB’s risk management strategy
Build and improve risk monitoring and limit systems and tactical toolings
Create and improve risk processes and policies
Ensuring WEBB’s risk management is future-proof, with a strategic focus on algorithmic trading
Data-driven innovation of WEBB’s risk framework to proactively address risks and identify opportunities for the company
Monitoring day-to-day trading behaviour and trading books positions (real-time) to ensure business activities remain within the defined risk appetite
Collaborating with stakeholders across the firm to improve our controls and risk-mitigating solutions; discussing ideas with peers, traders, and engineers, and ultimately proposing them to the board
Providing substantial countervailing power to a highly demanding trading team
Increasing awareness of risk management throughout the company
Guiding and mentoring your fellow risk team members
Providing guidance on new business activities from a risk management perspective