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About the Role

As a Financial Risk Manager, your analysis will inform how the business hedges positions, manages liquidity, and responds to volatility. Your work will have direct visibility to senior leaders, and you will build deep technical skills in stress testing, scenario analysis, quantitative modelling, and reporting. This role offers breadth due to CMC's dual CFD and Stockbroking businesses, managing varied and complex exposures.

Responsibilities

Monitor and report on key risk metrics and KRIs across CMC's CFD and Stockbroking businesses, ensuring material exposures are reviewed, approved, and escalated appropriately.
Produce risk reports, dashboards, and management information for senior leaders and risk committees with a focus on clarity and relevance.
Develop, maintain, and enhance risk models; run market analysis, scenario analysis, and stress testing to assess potential impacts on financial positions.
Drive continuous improvement in risk reporting and analytics, including building out new capabilities to strengthen monitoring and oversight.
Build strong working relationships across Dealing, Finance, Treasury, Compliance, and senior management providing the risk insights that support real decisions.
Support and manage project initiatives within the Financial Risk team, delivering against agreed objectives.

Requirements

Solid financial risk experience ideally from a stockbroking or trading environment.
Comfortable working with complex data and presenting findings clearly to senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience in financial risk management within a stockbroking, trading, or similar financial services environment.
Sound knowledge of derivatives and financial instruments.
Advanced Excel skills.
Experience in Python and/or SQL is highly regarded.
Familiarity with industry systems including CHESS, Palion, GBST, and Iress.
High attention to detail and a proactive, inquisitive approach to problem-solving.
Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
Must have full working rights in Australia.
Experience as a Market Risk Manager, Risk Reporting Manager, or Quantitative Risk Specialist is desirable.

Skills

Risk analysis
Quantitative modelling
Stress testing
Scenario analysis
Reporting
Excel
Python
SQL

Location

Australia

Work Type

Onsite
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Relevant risk or finance qualification preferred
Professional certification such as FRM, CFA, or PRM is desirable

Benefits

Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days.
Enjoy 5 extra annual leave days after 12 months.
Birthday off.
Free annual charity day.
$0 trades for staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest.
Continuous learning and development offering (technical and performance training).
Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub with retailer discounts.
Free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee.
Culture club activities.

About the Company

CMC Markets is a global leader in CFD trading and share investing.
The company's vision is to provide the ultimate trading experience and make trading accessible to everyone.
CMC Markets uses an award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service.
Clients can trade on thousands of instruments using sophisticated charting, competitive pricing, and automated execution.
The company offers a top-tier liquidity institutional offering to banks, brokers, funds, and trading desks.
CMC Markets was recently listed on the FTSE250.
The company was one of the world's first fin-tech companies, launched in 1989.

Equal Opportunity

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work.
The company seeks out differences and unique perspectives, believing it leads to better outcomes for everyone.