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Topstep · 8 hours ago

Risk Analyst-Evening Shift

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$36.05/hr - $38.46/hr

2+ years exp

Topstep is a company that focuses on protecting firm and client capital through effective risk management. The Risk Analyst plays a crucial role in monitoring real-time trading activity and enforcing margin and liquidation policies, while collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance and accurate account exposure visibility.

ConsultingEducationFinancial ServicesStock ExchangesTrading Platform

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Monitor all live trading accounts for margin sufficiency, exposure limits, and concentration risk

Enforce liquidation policies; confirm that auto-liquidation triggers are executed correctly

Validate risk alerts and escalation flows to the Desk and Risk Manager

Perform T+1 reconciliation of margin balances, trade data, and liquidation results between IB and FCM systems

Record exceptions, manual actions, and margin events in risk logs for audit traceability

Maintain all risk data and communications per CFTC Rule 1.31 and NFA supervisory requirements

Ensure that liquidation records, margin calls, and alerts are archived via Global Relay and internal S3 storage

Assist with internal and external audit requests

Partner with the Trade Desk to verify liquidations and resolve margin alerts

Coordinate with Engineering and Compliance on system anomalies or risk alerts

Work with Back Office to confirm debit reconciliations and promotional-credit validations

Generate daily risk reports and exposure metrics for leadership review

Contribute to the development of automated dashboards and KPIs

Support cross-department initiatives for risk automation

Qualification

Risk analysisCFTC/NFA complianceBrokerage operationsExcel proficiencyRisk platforms familiarityCalm decision-makingAnalytical skillsWritten communicationVerbal communicationTeam collaboration