Chief Risk Officer

Responsibilities

• • Design and continuously evolve the enterprise risk framework - risk appetite, taxonomy, governance, and the operating model across the three lines - for a business spanning six regulated entities and growing

    
    

  • Lead all risk domains: market, credit, liquidity, operational, conduct, technology, regulatory, and crypto risk

    
    

  • Oversee the 24-hour risk monitoring function that supports Capital.com's global trading platform

    
    

  • Own hedging strategy oversight and client exposure management in partnership with the Dealing function

    
    

  • Drive capital planning, ICAAP/ILAAP, stress testing, VaR back-testing, and scenario analysis across all entities

    
    

  • Ensure full DORA compliance across ICT risk management, digital operational resilience, and third-party ICT oversight

    
    

  • Own the MiCA and CASP risk obligations as Capital.com expands into spot crypto across the EU

    
    

  • Lead regulatory relationships proactively across the FCA, CySEC, ASIC, DFSA, and CMA - and build those relationships in new markets as licences are secured

    
    

  • Support new jurisdiction entry from day one - providing risk leadership on market expansion before launch

    
    

  • Build and develop the risk team - developing talent, managing inherited structures, and building the function the business needs for 2028, not just today

    
    

  • Report to ExCo and the Board on risk matters - translating complexity into clear business language and decisions that enable growth

    
    
  
  

Requirements

Experience and credentials

• Significant senior risk leadership experience in a regulated financial services environment - trading, brokerage, CFD, or closely adjacent

  
  

• Deep multi-jurisdictional regulatory knowledge - FCA and CySEC are essential; ASIC, DFSA, CMA, and MiCA/CASP experience are a strong advantage

  
  

• Proven track record building or materially maturing a risk function - not just maintaining one that already works

  
  

• Strong technical depth across market risk, operational risk, regulatory capital, and digital resilience (DORA)

  
  

• CFA or FRM preferred - exceptional experience may substitute

  
  

How you operate

• You move without being directed. When you see a problem, you act on it - you do not wait to be asked.

  
  

• You take end-to-end ownership. You drive outcomes. You do not pass the buck.

  
  

• You bring fresh thinking. You do not default to how it was done in your last role.

  
  

• You listen. You build trust across teams. You develop the people around you.

  
  

• You are commercial. You understand that risk management exists to enable growth - not to obstruct it.

  
  

• You are board-ready. You can hold your own in a regulator meeting, an ExCo debate, or a conversation with the founder.