Operations Risk Lead

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November 17

🗽 New York – Remote

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💵 $160k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎲 Risk

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Kalshi

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Finance • Fintech

Kalshi is an online platform that allows users to trade directly on the outcome of events. As a financial exchange, Kalshi enables individuals to trade on events such as political elections, weather predictions, and economic indicators. The platform offers a unique way for individuals to hedge risks or speculate on future events, following regulations to ensure a safe and legal trading environment.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

💰 $30M Series A on 2021-02

📋 Description

• Oversee daily trade and clearing operations across Kalshi’s current and new markets, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance • Serve as the primary contact for clients, brokers, and clearing members facing trade or system issues, ensuring fast resolution and clear communication • Continuously monitor risk exposure, system performance, and operational controls; swiftly escalate and collaborate with engineering and risk teams to address and remediate issues • Identify operational risks proactively and contribute to the development and refinement of automated monitoring and exception-handling systems • Lead or participate in incident response, root-cause analyses, and post-mortems, ensuring actionable outcomes and continuous operational improvements • Partner cross-functionally with other teams to drive continuous improvement in risk management processes, documentation, and governance, enhancing Kalshi’s operational resilience and compliance posture • Support new clearing and risk initiatives aligned with Kalshi’s growth strategy and expansion into new markets and trading products

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field • Familiarity with clearing processes and operational risk management best practices • 5-6 years of experience in listed derivatives, repo, treasury, or OTC markets, ideally at a clearing house, trading firm, an exchange or a FCM • Strong analytical capabilities and technical proficiency, including advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros) and a basic understanding of financial technology systems • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of working effectively across technical and non-technical teams • Detail-oriented mindset with the ability to balance daily operational rigor and long-term risk strategy • Bonus: Experience working with clearing or exchange systems in a regulated environment • Bonus: Interest in financial innovation, derivatives, and the future of event-based trading.

🏖️ Benefits

• equity • benefits