25 Jun 2026

Operational Risk Manager

IMC Trading

Sydney

25 Jun 2026

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IMC is seeking an Operational Risk Manager to join its Risk Team in Sydney. The role involves managing operational risks in automated trading across APAC markets, developing risk frameworks, and enhancing monitoring tools. Candidates need ~5 years of operational risk experience in proprietary trading or hedge funds, plus Python and SQL skills.

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Operational Risk Manager

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AI-enabledOn-siteFull-timeMid LevelPython

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

5 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid Level

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

PythonSQLOperational Risk ManagementAutomated Trading SystemsIncident ManagementRisk FrameworksDashboardsReportingMonitoring ToolsAI Tools

Soft Skills

CommunicationProblem SolvingPrioritizationInitiativeAdaptability

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as the Risk team's primary contact for operational risk, including execution controls, incident management, policy, ad-hoc risk assessments, and post-mortems.
•Build deep knowledge of IMC's automated trading ecosystem across APAC markets to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks.
•Own the framework for automated pre- and post-trade risk checks that protect the firm from operational failures, including limit policies, sensibility reviews, and ongoing monitoring and reporting.
•Analyse incidents, identify trends across desks and systems and drive improvements to prevent recurrence.
•Develop and implement local operational risk frameworks aligned with global policies and industry standards.
•Review new trading strategies before deployment, ensuring controls, monitoring, and documentation are in place.
•Maintain and enhance the operational risk policy framework, ensuring documentation remains accurate and up to date.
•Build and improve dashboards, reporting, and monitoring tools to strengthen risk visibility and response capabilities.

Operational RiskRisk ManagementFinancial ServicesTradingAutomated TradingAPACPythonSQLFull-timeMid Level

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as the Risk team's primary contact for operational risk, including execution controls, incident management, policy, ad-hoc risk assessments, and post-mortems.

•Build deep knowledge of IMC's automated trading ecosystem across APAC markets to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks.

•Own the framework for automated pre- and post-trade risk checks that protect the firm from operational failures, including limit policies, sensibility reviews, and ongoing monitoring and reporting.

•Analyse incidents, identify trends across desks and systems and drive improvements to prevent recurrence.

•Develop and implement local operational risk frameworks aligned with global policies and industry standards.

•Review new trading strategies before deployment, ensuring controls, monitoring, and documentation are in place.

•Maintain and enhance the operational risk policy framework, ensuring documentation remains accurate and up to date.

•Build and improve dashboards, reporting, and monitoring tools to strengthen risk visibility and response capabilities.