Senior Lead Market Risk Officer – Prime Services, Futures Commission Merchant Risk Management
Wells Fargo
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte • New York • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $185,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide independent oversight of counterparty risk across Prime Services and FCM (Futures Commission Merchant) activities, including futures, cleared swaps, and exchange‑traded derivatives.
- Partner with the clearing business and operations, prime services business, liquidity management, and sales teams to understand business strategies and key risk drivers.
- Review and advise on risk‑taking decisions, margin practices, client onboarding, and exposure management.
- Define and present FCM and Prime Services risk metrics—such as VaR, stress testing, and liquidity risk measures—to senior leadership and risk committees.
- Support regulatory examinations and internal audits through preparation of documentation, detailed analysis, and formal responses.
- Maintain and enhance risk governance frameworks, reporting processes, and procedures across client clearing businesses.
- Lead enhancements to counterparty credit risk methodologies, including exposure modeling, margin analysis (SPAN, VaR‑based, and CCP methodologies), and stress‑testing frameworks.
- Identify emerging market, liquidity, and concentration risks and escalate them through appropriate governance channels.
- Represent Prime Services and FCM Risk in enterprise risk forums, model governance reviews, stress‑testing working groups, and new product approval processes.
- Partner with technology and data teams to strengthen exposure analytics, reporting capabilities, and data quality supporting cleared derivatives risk management.
- Lead and coordinate risk engagement during market stress events, ensuring timely exposure assessment, escalation, and senior‑level communication.
- Mentor and guide junior risk officers, contributing to team development and strengthening overall risk culture within ECRM.
Requirements
- 7+ years of market risk, Capital Markets, securities industry, trading, or interest rate risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Strong understanding of futures markets, CCP risk frameworks, SPAN margining, FINRA requirements, and derivatives lifecycle processes.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret, evaluate, and challenge risk models, stress‑testing methodologies, and margin frameworks.
- Experience managing counterparty risk for clearing businesses, including FCM, prime brokerage, or market-maker clearing.
- Familiarity with third‑party risk management systems.
- Knowledge of RCSA (Risk and Control Self‑Assessment) frameworks.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
counterparty riskmargin analysisexposure modelingstress testingVaRliquidity riskrisk metricsrisk governance frameworksanalytical skillsrisk models
Soft Skills
mentoringcommunicationteam developmentleadership