Brokerage Risk Analyst

About Tradeify

Tradeify is a fast-growing fintech and proprietary trading platform helping traders access capital, advanced tools, and a high-performance ecosystem. As we expand into brokerage services, we are building Tradeify Brokerage to deliver a premium futures trading experience backed by strong technology, trusted execution, and disciplined risk management.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Brokerage Risk Analyst to support the day-to-day risk oversight of Tradeify Brokerage. This role will help monitor client trading activity, margin exposure, account health, operational risk, and real-time market events to protect the business and create a secure trading environment.

You will work closely with Brokerage Operations, Compliance, Finance, and Product teams to identify risk trends, escalate issues quickly, and improve controls as the brokerage scales. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys fast-paced markets, data-driven decision making, and operational ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Trading & Margin Risk Monitoring

• Monitor client positions, buying power, margin utilization, and liquidation thresholds in real time

• Review concentrated exposures, abnormal trading behavior, and accounts with elevated risk profiles

• Assist with margin calls, forced liquidation workflows, and account restriction processes

• Track intraday and overnight risk across customer accounts

Operational Risk & Controls

• Monitor failed transactions, funding anomalies, withdrawals, and account activity irregularities

• Help identify fraud indicators, suspicious behavior, and operational breakdowns

• Escalate time-sensitive risks to leadership, compliance, or clearing partners as needed

• Ensure adherence to internal risk policies and operating procedures

Reporting & Analytics

• Build and maintain daily risk reports, dashboards, and exposure summaries

• Analyze loss events, trader behavior trends, and operational incidents

• Provide insights to leadership on account performance, risk concentrations, and control gaps

• Support development of automated alerts and monitoring systems

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Product and Engineering on risk tooling, controls, and automation

• Coordinate with clearing firms, FCM partners, and vendors on risk-related matters

• Work closely with Customer Support on escalated trader account issues

• Assist Compliance with investigations, complaints, and recordkeeping requests

What We’re Looking For

Required

• 2+ years of experience in brokerage risk, trading operations, market risk, fintech risk, or related financial services environments

• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail

• Ability to make sound decisions quickly in fast-moving market conditions

• Comfort working with spreadsheets, dashboards, and operational data

• Strong communication skills and ability to escalate clearly and concisely

• Understanding of leverage, margin, liquidations, and trading account risk

Preferred

• Experience with futures markets, derivatives, or retail brokerage environments

• Familiarity with FCM workflows, exchange risk controls, and trading platforms

• Experience with SQL, Excel, BI tools, or data visualization tools

• Exposure to fraud prevention or transaction monitoring

• Startup or high-growth environment experience

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Proactive identification of account and business risk

• Fast response to volatile market conditions and exposure events

• Clean daily reporting and actionable leadership insights

• Strong partnership with Operations, Compliance, and Product

• Scalable controls that protect Tradeify Brokerage while enabling growth

Why Join Tradeify

• Help build the risk foundation of a growing brokerage business

• High-impact role with visibility to senior leadership

• Opportunity to shape controls, tooling, and policy from the ground up

• Remote-first environment with startup speed and ownership mentality