Scout Motors is hiring a Manager of Risk - Brokerage to lead the team responsible for monitoring and managing risk across the brokerage business. This hands-on leadership role ensures trading activity is supervised, controls are effective, and risk exposures are managed at both the account and firm level.

What You'll Do

Lead the daily operations of the Brokerage Risk team, including intraday monitoring and escalation coverage.
Coach, mentor, and manage Risk Analysts to ensure consistent execution, documentation, and control discipline.
Oversee monitoring of customer accounts for margin sufficiency, liquidation risk, and abnormal trading behavior.
Supervise discretionary interventions and escalation decisions in coordination with the Trade Desk.
Monitor aggregate exposure across all client accounts, including product concentration and correlated risk behavior.
Recommend adjustments to risk thresholds, monitoring triggers, and oversight practices as volume scales.
Own escalation standards, override controls, and incident response protocols.
Ensure all risk events are logged, reviewed, and closed with documented mitigations.
Oversee maintenance and continuous improvement of risk tools, reporting dashboards, and monitoring workflows.
Drive risk automation initiatives and KPI development to strengthen oversight maturity.
Compile exposure and trend reporting for Brokerage leadership and executive review.

What We're Looking For

5+ years of experience in brokerage risk, futures supervision, FCM risk, or trade surveillance.
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related or equivalent field.
Strong understanding of futures margining, liquidation workflows, and retail client risk dynamics.
Advanced Excel skills and analytical capability.
Experience working with professional financial institutions.
Experience in the trading industry—futures markets preferred.
Excellent judgment, integrity, and ability to lead decisively under pressure.
Strong communication skills across Trade Desk, Operations, Compliance, and external partners.
Strong attention to detail.

Nice to Have

Background in FCM risk management or proprietary trading risk.
Experience building risk dashboards, alerting systems, or modernization initiatives within a brokerage risk function.
Familiarity with risk monitoring platforms (QST, T4, Rival Risk or similar).
Series 3 license (or willingness to obtain).

Team & Environment

You will lead the Brokerage Risk team and partner with the Trade Desk, Operations, and Compliance. The culture is collaborative with cameras-on during meetings and a robust Slack environment.

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation: $100,000 - $115,000
7 Company-paid Holidays and generous Family Leave.
Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees.
Vacation bonus for taking 5 consecutive days.
Employee referral bonuses.
Food and groceries budget.
Contribution towards health and wellness.