Operations Risk Analyst

Full-time/Company: Kalshi

Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets, allowing people to trade on the outcome of events and turn questions about the future into financial assets. The company is the fastest-growing financial market in America with markets across politics, economics, finance, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee daily trade and clearing operations across current and new markets, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Continuously monitor risk exposure, system performance, and operational controls; escalate and collaborate with engineering and risk teams to remediate issues
- Identify operational risks and contribute to automated monitoring and exception-handling systems
- Lead or participate in incident response, root-cause analyses, and post-mortems with actionable outcomes
- Partner cross-functionally to improve risk management processes, documentation, and governance
- Support new clearing and risk initiatives aligned with growth and product expansion

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field
- Familiarity with clearing processes and operational risk management best practices
- 1–2 years of experience in listed derivatives, repo, treasury, or OTC markets, ideally at a clearing house, trading firm, exchange, or FCM
- Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel/Google Sheets proficiency (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros)
- Basic understanding of financial technology systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication; able to work across technical and non-technical teams
- Detail-oriented with the ability to balance daily operational rigor and long-term risk strategy

Nice to have:

- Experience with clearing or exchange systems in a regulated environment
- Interest in financial innovation, derivatives, and event-based trading

Stack:

Excel, Google Sheets, financial technology systems

Benefits:

- $100,000 – $140,000 annually plus equity and benefits

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