About the Role
This leadership position oversees and implements comprehensive risk management strategies for an enterprise. The successful candidate will develop, implement, and maintain a robust framework addressing multiple types of risks across the organization.
1. Develops and maintains an effective risk management program encompassing credit, market, liquidity, operational, and technology risks.
2. Conducts in-depth analyses to assess prudential and capital risks, including stress testing, scenario analysis, capital adequacy evaluations, and regulatory reviews.
Margin Account Risk Oversight
The incumbent leads the governance and oversight of margin-account operations, ensuring adherence to established risk policies, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
1. Leverages expertise in risk management to establish and periodically review policies for margin lending and virtual asset collateral.
2. Monitors key risk indicators (KRIs) across business functions, escalating breaches or deviations to senior management and the Board with clear remediation plans.
Requirements
* Must be legally residing in Brazil.
* Minimum 7 years of senior-level experience in financial or prudential risk management, preferably within banks, fintechs, or crypto/virtual asset firms.
* Demonstrated independence from commercial functions and proven capability operating as a second-line or independent control function.
* Strong command of Central Bank of Brazil risk regulations, prudential rules, capital adequacy requirements, and VASP reporting obligations.
* Expertise in market and liquidity risk frameworks, stress testing, scenario modeling, and margin-account governance involving virtual assets.
* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, or a related field; postgraduate qualifications are strongly preferred.
* Exceptional analytical skills, strong quantitative capabilities, excellent communication, and full professional fluency in Portuguese and English.