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 legalized prediction markets in the US and operates over 1,900 markets across politics, economics, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee daily trade and clearing operations across Kalshi’s current and new markets, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Continuously monitor risk exposure, system performance, and operational controls; swiftly escalate and collaborate with engineering and risk teams to remediate issues
- Identify operational risks proactively and contribute to the development and refinement of automated monitoring and exception-handling systems
- Lead or participate in incident response, root-cause analyses, and post-mortems, ensuring actionable outcomes and continuous improvements
- Partner cross-functionally to drive improvement in risk management processes, documentation, and governance
- Support new clearing and risk initiatives aligned with growth and expansion into new markets and trading products

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, an exchange or a FCM
- Strong analytical capabilities and technical proficiency; advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of working effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Detail-oriented mindset with the ability to balance daily operational rigor and long-term risk strategy

Nice to have:

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

Stack:

Excel/Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros), financial technology systems

Benefits:

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

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