Head of Risk

Key Responsibilities

1. Risk Governance & Framework

• Develop overall company risk appetite, policies, procedures, and indicator systems.
• Establish a three-lines-of-defense risk governance structure and produce regular risk assessment and management reports.
• Lead approval of major risk projects, conduct stress testing, and develop contingency plans for extreme market conditions.

2. Exchange Business Risk Control

• Design and monitor risk rules for spot, financial products, OTC, and other exchange businesses.
• Manage liquidation mechanisms, margin systems, position limits, price manipulation prevention, and abnormal market behavior monitoring.
• Monitor liquidity, order book depth, and large holder activities to mitigate systemic risks.

3. Payment & Treasury Risk Control

• Build risk systems for fiat on/off ramps, fiat channels, on-chain transfers, and custodial wallets.
• Prevent money laundering, fraud, account hacking, cash-out abuse, and cross-platform arbitrage.
• Develop rules for large withdrawal reviews, fund segregation, cold/hot wallet risk controls, and anomaly blocking.

4. Compliance & AML/KYC

• Implement global VASP compliance frameworks in line with FATF, MiCA, Hong Kong SFC, and other major jurisdictions.
• Establish KYC/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and SAR filing processes.
• Liaise with regulators, auditors, and third-party compliance providers to maintain licenses and respond to inspections.

5. Anti-Fraud & User Risk

• Develop user tiering, behavior profiling, abnormal transaction detection, and intelligent risk models.
• Mitigate risks including account theft, brute-force attacks, batch registration, wash trading, and money laundering rings.
• Optimize risk rules, reduce false positives, and manage user appeal mechanisms.

6. Team & System Development

• Build, lead, and develop the risk team; set OKRs, performance, and talent development plans.
• Drive the development of risk systems, real-time dashboards, automated disposition workflows, and AI risk models.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Tech, Operations, Compliance, and Finance to implement risk requirements.

7. Incident Response & Crisis Management

• Lead emergency responses to security breaches, hacking attacks, large-scale anomalies, bank runs, and policy risks.
Conduct post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, process optimization, and system hardening.

Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years of risk experience in finance or crypto industry; 3+ years as a risk leader at a top-tier CEX or payment platform; deep understanding of full exchange operations and payment flows.
• Professional Expertise: Proficient in market, credit, operational, and liquidity risk; expert in AML, anti-fraud, and on-chain analytics; familiar with margin, liquidation, custody, and fund security.
• Compliance Knowledge: Strong understanding of global virtual asset regulatory frameworks (FATF, MiCA, SFC, etc.); experience in license application and compliance implementation.
• Technical Skills: Understanding of risk systems, rule engines, and dashboards; SQL, Python, or risk modeling skills are a plus.
• Soft Skills: Strong risk judgment, ability to work under pressure, excellent crisis response; strong cross-team execution and English communication skills.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Law, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, ACAMS, CAMS.
• Experience in on-chain analytics, wallet security, or quantitative hedging.
• Experience managing global teams and implementing compliance across multiple jurisdictions.