🚀We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Risk Officer to support the Head of Risk in building and maintaining a practical and robust risk framework. This role blends deep knowledge of EU regulatory requirements with strong project management skills to translate policies into working processes, dashboards, and effective decision-making tools. You will coordinate risk initiatives end to end, maintain key metrics and limits, support regulatory cycles, and contribute to closing audit and supervisory actions across the firm.

Location: Limassol, Cyprus (onsite)

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the Risk Management Policy, Trading Book & Hedging Policy, and related procedures
• Support the annual ICARA cycle, including capital and liquidity assessments, stress testing, wind-down analysis, and documentation
• Coordinate DORA-related activities such as ICT risk registers, incident logging, and third-party controls
• Assist with exposure and limits monitoring, maintaining exception logs, and managing escalations
• Review risk metrics and support the development of stress and scenario packs with clear commentary for management
• Maintain the incident register, track actions and closure evidence, and follow up with owners on deadlines
• Conduct third-party risk assessments for banks, liquidity providers, brokers, and critical vendors, and maintain the outsourcing register
• Manage trackers for all risk-related projects including policies, audits, remediation, and systems, ensuring timely delivery
• Coordinate cross-department deliverables across Dealing, Compliance, Finance, and IT with defined timelines and escalation paths
• Prepare material for Risk Committee and Board meetings, covering key risks, breaches, KRI trends, and regulatory updates
• Maintain a structured evidence repository, including workpapers, version control, and sign-offs.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Fluent English
• 3–6 years of experience in risk or audit within a regulated financial firm, ideally with CySEC or ESMA exposure
• Knowledge of ICARA (IFR/IFD), MiFID II, EMIR, and an understanding of DOR
• Strong grounding in finance, equities, accounting fundamentals, probability, statistics, time-series concepts, market microstructure, and basic derivatives
• Demonstrated project management capabilities, including planning, stakeholder follow-ups, and on-time delivery
• Strong Excel skills with the ability to structure data and verify metrics
• Clear written communication and strong documentation habits.

What we offer

• Competitive salary package based on experience and qualifications.
• Private medical insurance from day one.
• Opportunities for professional learning and development through internal and external training.
• Sports activities.
• Team events and company-sponsored activities.
• Dynamic and friendly work environment with strong team spirit.
• Flexible Monday–Friday schedule, working any 8-hour shift between 08:00–18:00.

Our Core values at TheHRchapter
✔️ Transparency: We believe in transparent and smooth recruitment processes. You will get feedback from us.

✔️ Candidate experience: Perfect blend between automated and humanized recruitment processes. Don't hesitate to ask us for feedback, anytime.

✔️ Talented pool: We bring highly-skilled motivated candidates to our clients. Our candidates match their company values and management style.

✔️ Diversity and inclusion: There is no place for discrimination and intolerance. We care about diversity awareness and respect for any differences.