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Design and Implement Controls: Develop, implement, and maintain real-time and historical monitoring systems, models, and analytical tools to detect patterns indicative of market manipulation (e.g., wash trading, spoofing, layering, pump-and-dump schemes) and internal/external fraud (e.g., account takeover, arbitrage exploitation).
Incident Investigation: Lead investigations into suspicious trading activity identified by surveillance tools or internal stakeholders, providing detailed reports and working closely with Compliance, Legal, and Product teams to determine appropriate action.
Proactive Analysis: Conduct deep-dive analysis on new products or complex trading strategies to anticipate and model potential vectors for manipulation or exploitation before they manifest as risk events.
Quantitative Modeling: Build and refine quantitative models to estimate the potential loss impact ($) and probability of market manipulation and fraud-related events.
Vulnerability Assessment: Conduct regular risk assessments across OKX's platform (including spot markets, derivatives, lending, and new product launches) to identify systemic vulnerabilities related to pricing, liquidity, margin systems, and order handling that could be exploited.
Recommendations: Develop clear, actionable recommendations for product, engineering, and operations teams to enhance risk controls, refine trading parameters (e.g., circuit breakers, margin requirements), and improve anti-fraud systems.
Regulatory Alignment: Stay current with global regulatory trends and requirements regarding market integrity and fraud prevention, ensuring OKX’s surveillance and control framework meets or exceeds industry best practices.
Reporting: Prepare and present regular reports on key risk indicators (KRIs), suspicious activity trends, and risk exposure to senior management and the executive team.
Training: Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance and training to internal teams on emerging market manipulation and fraud techniques in the crypto space.
5 - 9 years of progressive experience in market risk, market surveillance, quantitative analysis, or a similar role at a major cryptocurrency exchange, investment bank, financial regulator (e.g., FINRA, CFTC), or a high-frequency trading firm.
Proven experience specifically focused on market manipulation detection and fraud prevention is highly desirable.
Direct experience with crypto/digital asset markets is a significant advantage; a fundamental understanding of blockchain technology and decentralized finance (DeFi) is essential.
Technical Proficiency: Advanced expertise in SQL is mandatory. Strong proficiency in Python or R for statistical analysis, data mining, and model development is required.
Analytical Acumen: Exceptional quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data analysis into clear risk assessments and strategic recommendations.
Product Knowledge: Deep understanding of trading products, including perpetual swaps, futures, options, and spot trading, and the mechanics of large-scale order book operations.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline. Professional certifications (e.g., FRM, CFA) are a plus.
Language: Proficient in English language, Chinese Language is an added bonus but not a requirement (to work cross functionally with the tech team).
Competitive total compensation package
L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
Various team building programs and company events
Wellness and meal allowances
Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
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