Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Topstep is a company focused on trading and risk management, and they are seeking a Risk Analyst for the evening shift. The analyst will monitor real-time trading activity, enforce margin policies, and ensure compliance with relevant standards while collaborating with various teams to maintain account exposure visibility.
Responsibilities
• Monitor customer accounts intraday for margin sufficiency, liquidation risk, and abnormal trading behavior
• Identify high-risk activity, including concentration, rapid drawdowns, or repeated margin breaches
• Escalate client risk concerns promptly to the Trade Desk Manager or Risk Leadership
• Support intervention workflows before forced liquidation when appropriate
• Partner with the Trade Desk on live risk events, client distress, and urgent position management
• Ensure clear handoff between Risk and execution teams during fast-moving market conditions
• Assist in documenting trade-related incidents, errors, or platform disruptions impacting client outcomes
• Support daily risk reporting and review routines aligned with firm risk thresholds and Plus500 parameters
• Track aggregate exposure across client accounts, including product and asset-class concentration
• Monitor correlated trading behavior across accounts during volatile market events
• 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
• Follow written risk monitoring procedures and escalation standards
• Support recordkeeping and communications retention requirements (CFTC/NFA expectations)
• Participate in continuous improvement of the Client Risk Monitoring SOP as the program matures
• Contribute to exam-ready documentation and internal control discipline
Skills
• 2–4 years' experience in risk, brokerage operations, or trade supervision (futures, FX, or equities)
• Knowledge of CFTC / NFA margin and recordkeeping rules
• Familiarity with risk platforms (e.g., T4, CQG, TT, or similar)
• Strong Excel and analytical skills; able to reconcile large data sets accurately
• Calm decision-making and judgment under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal documentation habits
• Experience with FCM risk or trade surveillance systems
• Familiarity with SQL or visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)
• Prior exposure to automated risk alerting or incident-tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Slack workflows)
Benefits
• 10 Company-paid Holidays and generous Family Leave.
• Paid time off is accrued monthly.
• Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance is offered for full time employees.
• Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days.
• Employee referrals are bonused.
• Topstep offers a food and groceries budget and contributes towards health and wellness.
Company Overview
• Topstep is a financial organization that enables resource traders to develop and learn in the trading industry. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.topstep.com.