Senior Risk Analyst

Senior Dealer / Senior Trading & Risk Manager Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior Dealer / Senior Trading & Risk Manager to oversee daily dealing operations, trading risk management, liquidity management, and A-Book/B-Book execution across our brokerage business. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 , liquidity bridge and aggregation systems such as PrimeXM and oneZero , and the practical management of A-Book, B-Book, and hybrid execution models . This is a senior operational role requiring strong market knowledge, technical platform expertise, commercial judgment, and the ability to identify and manage toxic trading flow, execution risk, liquidity exposure, and broker profitability. Key Responsibilities Dealing and Trading Operations Monitor real-time trading activity, client exposure, market risk, and execution quality across MT4 and MT5. Manage daily dealing operations, including trade monitoring, exposure control, execution review, and incident handling. Review abnormal trading activities, pricing discrepancies, off-market trades, latency-related issues, and execution disputes. Investigate client complaints relating to slippage, spread widening, stop-out events, rejected orders, delayed execution, and price feeds. Support trading operations during high-impact market events, abnormal volatility, market gaps, and reduced liquidity conditions. Maintain clear dealing procedures, escalation processes, and operational controls. A-Book and B-Book Management Manage and optimise A-Book, B-Book, and hybrid risk models based on client behaviour, trading strategy, profitability, and risk profile. Determine appropriate client routing between internalisation and external hedging models. Monitor net exposure by symbol, asset class, client group, region, and account type. Execute manual or automated hedging when exposure exceeds approved risk limits. Assess client flow and identify toxic, abusive, arbitrage-driven, or latency-sensitive trading behaviour. Review client profitability, trading duration, volume, concentration, drawdown, and behavioural patterns. Develop routing rules, risk thresholds, exposure limits, and hedge strategies. Balance broker revenue objectives with liquidity risk, market exposure, and execution obligations. Produce regular reports on A-Book performance, B-Book performance, hedge costs, client P&L, broker P&L, and risk concentration. MT4 and MT5 Administration Configure and maintain MT4 and MT5 trading groups, symbols, securities, spreads, commissions, swaps, leverage, margin settings, and execution rules. Manage group-level trading conditions for different client segments, jurisdictions, account types, and promotional campaigns. Review server logs, dealer logs, journal records, order execution records, and trade history. Investigate platform-related execution issues and coordinate with technology teams, vendors, and infrastructure providers. Assist with platform migration, server deployment, system upgrades, configuration changes, and disaster recovery procedures. Maintain accurate trading configurations and ensure changes are properly tested, documented, and approved. Liquidity and Bridge Management Configure and manage liquidity connectivity through platforms such as PrimeXM and oneZero . Manage liquidity providers, price feeds, symbol mapping, liquidity pools, markups, routing profiles, and execution settings. Monitor liquidity provider performance, including fill ratio, rejection rate, slippage, execution speed, spread quality, and market depth. Identify stale pricing, price spikes, feed disconnections, rejected hedges, partial fills, and execution anomalies. Optimise liquidity aggregation, routing logic, markups, and hedge execution. Reconcile trades between MT4/MT5, bridge systems, liquidity providers, and internal reporting systems. Coordinate with liquidity providers and vendors regarding pricing, execution, connectivity, and trade disputes. Support onboarding and testing of new liquidity providers, bridges, trading instruments, and execution venues. Trading Risk and Abuse Detection Identify and investigate latency arbitrage, price arbitrage, bonus abuse, news trading abuse, hedge abuse, multi-account abuse, copy-trading abuse, and coordinated trading activity. Analyse trading patterns including order duration, entry timing, price deviation, execution latency, correlated accounts, and IP/device information. Develop risk rules and account classifications for normal, high-risk, toxic, and abusive trading activity. Recommend account restrictions, execution changes, routing changes, leverage adjustments, or commercial actions where appropriate. Work closely with Compliance, Payments, Client Services, Sales, and Technology teams on high-risk cases. Ensure all dealing decisions are supported by documented evidence and consistent internal policies. Reporting and Management Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly dealing and risk reports for senior management. Report on broker exposure, client profitability, hedge performance, liquidity costs, abnormal trading activity, and major operational incidents. Develop dashboards, monitoring tools, and automated alerts for dealing and risk management. Review operational performance and recommend improvements to systems, policies, and workflows. Train and supervise junior dealers, risk analysts, and trading operations staff. Participate in recruitment, performance reviews, shift planning, and team development. Act as a senior escalation point for complex trading, pricing, execution, and liquidity matters. Required Experience Minimum 3 years of experience in forex, CFD, brokerage dealing, trading operations, or market risk management. At least 1 years of experience in a senior dealer, dealing manager, or trading risk management position . Strong hands-on experience with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 . Practical experience with PrimeXM , oneZero , or comparable liquidity bridge and aggregation systems. Strong knowledge of A-Book, B-Book, and hybrid broker risk models . Experience managing liquidity providers, price feeds, hedging, exposure, markups, and execution routing. Strong understanding of forex, commodities, indices, equities, cryptocurrencies, and CFD products. Experience investigating toxic flow, arbitrage strategies, execution abuse, and abnormal trading behaviour. Strong understanding of margin, leverage, swaps, commissions, stop-out logic, execution models, and market volatility. Experience reviewing trading logs, bridge logs, server logs, and execution reports. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Ability to work under pressure during volatile markets and major economic events. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Preferred Qualifications Experience working with an international forex or CFD broker. Experience with MT4/MT5 Manager API, Web API, reporting tools, or trading system integrations. Knowledge of FIX API, liquidity APIs, order routing, and trade reconciliation. Experience with SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or other data analysis tools. Experience managing dealing teams across multiple time zones. Familiarity with regulatory requirements affecting leveraged trading and CFD brokerage operations. Experience working with Compliance, AML, Payments, Client Services, and Technology teams. Chinese language skills would be advantageous but are not essential. Key Competencies Strong commercial and risk judgment. High attention to detail. Strong understanding of broker economics. Ability to identify risk patterns from large volumes of trading data. Ability to make timely decisions during volatile market conditions. Strong ownership and accountability. Ability to communicate complex trading issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. High standards of confidentiality, integrity, and operational discipline. Employment Type Full-time Seniority Level Senior / Management Reporting Line Head of Trading, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Operating Officer, or Managing Director