Risk Manager

Atomic Invest

14d•Remote

About The Position

Atomic Vest is seeking a Risk Manager to identify, measure, and manage risk across its growing group of regulated entities, including a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and an SEC-registered investment adviser. The role is the company’s first dedicated risk hire and will build the risk management function from the ground up, including its framework, policies, metrics, reporting, and controls for planned self-clearing and alternative trading system (ATS) business lines. The role reports to a reporting line that is still to be confirmed and has direct access to the Risk Committee. It works closely with leadership across finance, compliance, legal, operations, and engineering, with initial and primary focus on the broker-dealer entity. The company is remote-first, and this position is fully remote. Candidates must be based in the US or LATAM in the Americas Timezone (GMT-3 to GMT-8).

Requirements

2–5 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, or a related function.
Experience in fintech, banking, brokerage, or RIA environments.
Hands-on builder mindset; comfortable in a small firm and focused on resolving issues with teams rather than only documenting them.
Working knowledge of broker-dealer financial responsibility rules, such as SEC net capital and customer protection rules.
Understanding of operational, credit/counterparty, and liquidity risk concepts.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel or similar tools.
Advanced-level English for cross-team collaboration.
Must be based in the US or LATAM in the Americas Timezone (GMT-3 to GMT-8).

Nice To Haves

Experience with NetSuite or another ERP.
External or internal audit experience, or experience at a regulatory agency such as FINRA, the SEC, or a banking regulator.
Professional certification such as FRM, CPA, CIA, or CRCM.

Responsibilities

Build the risk management function as the initial hire, including an enterprise risk framework, risk appetite, and policies appropriate for a multi-entity fintech, initially focusing primarily on the broker-dealer entity.
Support and enhance monitoring of broker-dealer financial risks, including net capital, liquidity, and clearing-related exposures.
Assess and monitor bank and counterparty risk, including banks participating in the cash sweep program, clearing firms, and key vendors; establish risk ratings, KRIs, and re-review triggers.
Run periodic enterprise risk assessments across the broker-dealer, RIA, and technology entities, and maintain the risk register.
Build and maintain a risk and control matrix across all entities; work with process owners to design preventive and detective controls, test design and operating effectiveness, and develop key risk indicators.
Own a central incident and issue log, lead root-cause analysis, track remediation through validated closure, and escalate potential reportable events to Compliance, Legal, and the FinOp.
Review new products, entities, and markets for risk before launch and recommend appropriate controls.
Build controls for planned self-clearing and ATS business lines, including reserve computations, daily net capital monitoring, possession and control, reconciliations, and Reg ATS obligations; provide control evidence for FINRA's review.
Prepare risk reporting for senior management and the Risk Committee.
Support audits and regulatory examinations by coordinating risk-related requests and responses.
Maintain the business continuity plan under FINRA Rule 4370 and run tabletop exercises with Technology.
Partner with stakeholders across finance, compliance, legal, operations, and engineering leadership.