Requirements
* 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
* 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
What the job involves
* We are looking for a senior risk leader who has operated in a regulated, multi-jurisdictional financial services environment and has the credibility, pace, and ownership instinct to lead at ExCo level
* Beyond the technical credentials, we are looking for someone whose operating style matches ours
* You will sit on ExCo and work in close partnership with the Founder and the broader leadership team
* Your mandate is to lead the risk agenda end-to-end - setting the framework, building the function, engaging regulators proactively, and ensuring Capital.com grows fast without growing reckless
* The risk function today comprises a central group team and local risk heads across key markets
* It is in a build phase
* You are inheriting the foundation and shaping what it becomes
* 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
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