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Global Risk

IMC Financial Markets is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various financial instruments listed on exchanges throughout the world.

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Global Risk

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers.

Founded in 1989, we are an ambitious, innovative company and identified early on the importance technology would play in the fast-paced evolution of trading. This entrepreneurial spirit still drives us today and can be found in all of our offices around the world.

TEAM & ROLE

The Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") team within IMC is responsible for maintaining and further developing IMC's ERM framework. The ERM team operates at Group level (i.e. the consolidating entity of all of IMC regional offices) and is responsible for identifying and assessing enterprise wide risks, determining adequate controls and developing risk metrics and tools to monitor these risks. The team sets group wide standards and operates very close to the business and regional risk management teams. ERM provides support, advice and counsel to the CRO, Management Board and Supervisory Board on (strategic) topics and moreover is responsible for Group wide regulatory exercises such as ICLAAP. As IMC continues to grow, the role of ERM is increasing significantly and you will hence join a growing team with lots of opportunities. The team is based in Amsterdam.

We are looking for a Risk Associate to strengthen our ERM team. In this role, you will support the other members of the team in the execution of projects & will be responsible for picking up projects by yourself. You will have contact with nearly all departments throughout the company and will regularly present ideas to the senior management of IMC. Occasional travel to our offices (e.g. in Chicago, Sydney) will be part of your job once you have settled in.

TASKS

  • Support and further build on the elements of Enterprise Risk Management framework of IMC

    • Help maintain and further cultivate a healthy and mature risk culture within IMC

    • Support management in the formulation of IMC's risk appetite and cascading this appetite throughout the whole company

    • Further develop tools for identifying, monitoring and steering the risk profile of IMC

    • Assist in developing and implementing company wide-controls

    • Support in testing controls, which are designed to keep IMC’s risk profile within its risk appetite, as part of IMC’s Key Control Framework

  • Write documentation for both internal and external stakeholders

  • Assist in regulatory exercises such as ICLAAP

  • Support, on behalf of Risk Management, in the execution of strategic projects for IMC.

SKILLS & BACKGROUND

Skills

  • You are a self-starter and feel comfortable in a dynamic (and sometimes high-pressured) environment where changes happen rapidly
  • You possess great project and stakeholder management skills
  • You have affinity with numbers – e.g. able to have a high level understand of our trading activities and able to convert data into insights
  • You are able to write documentation and policies
  • You enjoy the bigger picture and like to develop as a generalist versus being a specialist
  • You have the ability to create buy-in for ideas and projects with colleagues
  • You are fluent in verbal and written English.

Background

We are looking for someone with 3-5 years of experience in Risk Management (related) roles, so this would typically be your second job. Prior experience as either a Consultant or a Risk professional in the financial industry (or with a market maker in particular) is a big plus. Last but not least, you have an academic background in a field which requires analytical thinking and ability to work with numbers.

IMC: JOIN A WORLD-CLASS GLOBAL MARKET MAKER

IMC is a world-renowned market maker with offices in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. We use algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities across multiple trading venues. Our vital role, at the centre of the financial markets, provides liquidity for buyers and sellers worldwide.

In the late 1980s, IMC quickly identified the importance of technology in the fast-evolving trading environment. Our passion for innovation continues to drive us today. Although our company has grown rapidly over recent decades, we still approach our work with the same entrepreneurial spirit, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and innovation. We like our people to think for themselves and we give them the responsibility and support they need to make an impact. This means real work as well as dedicated training programmes and mentors.

While we work hard, we also have a lot of fun – whether solving complex problems or taking part in team-building, leisure and sporting activities. IMC also enables its employees to contribute to a better society through our foundation.