About Uphold
The Web3 economy will redefine how financial value is managed and exchanged - with much of this activity shifting towards blockchain networks and digital assets.
Founded in 2013, Uphold is a Web3 financial platform that supports almost 300 digital assets, serving as a Regulated Gateway to the Web3 economy.
With integrations with 27 blockchain networks and a robust trading engine connected to 30 underlying venues, the Uphold platform enables users to trade ‘Anything-to-Anything’ with competitive pricing and deep liquidity.
To date, Uphold has facilitated over 120 million transactions worth $40 billion, serving 10 million customers across 150+ countries.
Uphold strips away the complexity and lack of transparency to open up Web3 finance for everyone.
To learn more about Uphold, please visit https://uphold.com.
The opportunity:
We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Financial Risk Manager to assess, monitor, and manage financial risks within our organization. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in helping us maintain a strong risk management framework, ensuring the safety and stability of our financial operations.
Primary responsibilities:
- Linking the strategic objectives of the company to the way financial risks are understood and managed in support of these objectives.
- Assessing the adequacy of financial risk modeling outputs to inform business decisions.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships needed to support these activities.
- Ensuring the framework for financial risk remains appropriate and takes into consideration internal requirements and wider industry developments.
- Risk Mitigation: Collaborating with business units to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and action plans to minimise potential losses.
- Risk Monitoring: Implement and maintain risk monitoring tools and systems to track key risk indicators (KRIs) and provide regular reports to senior management.
- Risk Modeling: Develop and maintain risk models, stress tests, and scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of various market conditions and economic scenarios on the organization's portfolio.
- Counterparty credit checking: Evaluating institutional clients for creditworthiness and defining limits for credit risk
- Liaising with relevant first line functions to support, guide and challenge the identification, management and monitoring of financial risk including (but not limited to):
- Market risk
- Liquidity risk
- Credit risk
- Operational Risk that can be effectively priced (fraud or back office error)
Required qualifications:
- Must be able to engage with business colleagues to ensure they understand where these risks arise in Uphold's business and help them deliver:
- Policies
- Controls
- Risk appetite tolerance
- Transparency and good governance
- Software requirements
- Must have the technical skills to model these risks mathematically and engage in constructive challenge with colleagues who take these risks to ensure they are understood and within appetite expressed by senior management and the Board.
- Experience in a financial risk function in financial institutions well as strong financial modeling and programming skills are essential.
- Bachelors/Masters in Quantitative Finance/Economics or related subjects.. Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, PRM would be a plus.
- Fluent written and oral English skills.
What we offer:
- Innovation and Impact: Contribute to pioneering projects in a dynamic and challenging environment.
- Competitive Compensation: Stock options, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits on top of a competitive salary.
- Strong Company Culture: Thrive in a supportive, collegiate environment with values of integrity, teamwork, accountability, and excellence.
- Global Collaboration: Participate in regular updates, strategy sessions, and networking opportunities across the group.
- Development Opportunities: Access training and mentorship programs.
- Flexibility: Enjoy options to work from home, other locations, or adjust your hours.
- Inclusive Environment: Value and respect diverse perspectives.
Benefits:
- Annual bonus program based on individual, team and company performance.
- Home office stipend for a productive setup.
- Generous PTO, healthcare, and employee assistance programs.
- Engaging events and celebrations.
- Well-stocked office kitchen with a foodie culture.
Join us to grow, innovate, and contribute meaningfully. Be part of our talented team!
Visit our careers page for more exciting opportunities, if this role isn’t the perfect fit.
EEOC Employer
We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, and any other protected classes. Difference makes us stronger and better - together.
