Head of Quant & Risk Analytics

• A rapidly expanding CFD Trading platform with global presence
• Global Top 5 of trading volume platform

About Our Client

A global financial services firm delivering electronic trading, market access, risk management, and analytics capabilities across multiple asset classes, serving millions of clients worldwide

Job Description

• Build and lead a team of quantitative researchers and analysts, establishing a firm-wide source of truth for risk and commercial performance.
• Optimize pricing, spreads, client segmentation, customer lifetime value, and conversion strategies through data-driven experimentation.
• Enhance market-making performance through analytics on quoting quality, inventory management, capital efficiency, and liquidity provider performance.
• Own real-time exposure monitoring, P&L attribution, routing optimization, flow toxicity analysis, and hedging effectiveness measurement.
• Develop analytical frameworks to detect fraud, abuse, arbitrage, and suspicious trading activity, partnering closely with operational teams to reduce losses and improve detection speed.
• Deliver board-level insights, maintain model governance standards, and support business expansion into new asset classes.

The Successful Applicant

• 10+ years' experience in quantitative analytics, trading risk, or quantitative research with proven leadership experience.
• Strong track record of shaping commercial and risk decisions through analytics and quantitative modelling.
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following: retail FX/multi-asset brokerage, market making/HFT, or derivatives risk.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, statistics, machine learning, and large-scale data analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior executives and business leaders. Fluent in English and Chinese.

What's on Offer

Join a high-growth trading business where you'll build and lead the firm's Quant & Risk Analytics function, influence executive decision-making, shape risk and performance infrastructure, and drive measurable commercial impact across global trading operations.