7+ Financial risk management Jobs in India

1. Corporate Finance & Controls:

• Financial Oversight:

 Provide excellent leadership and management of Group Finance, measured by the effectiveness,

engagement and business units’ respect of the team.

 Build productive working relationships with stakeholders to understand their business operations

and the financial information needs of end users.

 Manage relationships with others across the Group to achieve alignment in key business strategies

and decisions.

 Collaborate, design, implement and review finance systems, policies and procedures to ensure

continuous improvement and contemporary, relevant practices.

 Oversee all month-end closing activities, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial

reporting.

 Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes, integrating insights into overall

division planning.

 Provide strategic advice on accounting policies, ensuring alignment with group standards and

regulatory requirements.

 Act as the primary point of contact for Group Accounts and Internal Audit, coordinating all

communication and reporting.

• Capital Allocation & Investment Strategy:

 Offer financial insights to optimize capital allocation across Company’s projects and initiatives.

 Collaborate with the executive team to evaluate ROI for potential investments, expansions, and

capital projects.

• Strategic Financial Modelling:

 Develop and maintain comprehensive financial models to support long-term strategic planning,

including scenario analysis for critical business decisions.

 Assess the financial impacts of new initiatives and recommend adjustments to align with

Company’s financial goals.

• Performance Metrics & Benchmarking:

 Design and implement performance metrics and benchmarking standards, driving continuous

improvement in both financial and operational performance.

2. Management Accounting:

• Accounting Oversight:

 Oversee finance systems managing transaction flows from source through interfaces to the general

ledger.

 Ensure finance ledgers are maintained on a timely basis, are accurate and complete, and are

structured for the dual purpose of providing relevant information to internal users and meeting

statutory obligations.

 Ensure reporting functions and responses to ad hoc requests for financial-related information are

appropriately delivered.

• Cost and Revenue Analysis:

 Manage the COMPANY Group’s financial reporting obligations, with responsibility for the

preparation and lodgement of compliant full-year and half-year consolidated accounts.

 Perform in-depth analysis of revenues and costs across customers, vendors, projects, business

units, and service lines, identifying areas for financial optimization.

 Oversee cost management initiatives, including policy formulation, variance analysis, and

implementation of zero-based budgeting principles.

 Prepare annual budgets for holding company entities.

 Perform the accounting function for Company business units.

• Enhanced Financial Intelligence:

 Develop real-time financial dashboards and reporting tools, enabling proactive management and

strategic decision-making by internal stakeholders.

• Systems and Process Improvement:

 Lead process automation and technology integration initiatives within finance and commercial

functions, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.

3. Commercial Activities:

• Bid & Proposal Development:

 Provide financial analysis and strategic input on bids, proposals, and pricing structures to secure

profitable COMPANY projects.

 Work closely with the sales team to ensure that commercial terms align with Company’s financial

targets and risk thresholds.

• Strategic Supplier Relationship Management:

 Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers, ensuring contract terms support

Company’s financial and operational objectives.

 Conduct quarterly business reviews with suppliers to monitor and ensure alignment with

contractual commitments.

• Lead Commercial Negotiations:

 Approve deal calculations in line with authority tables and negotiate favorable commercial terms

with suppliers and customers.

 Oversee vendor financing arrangements and collaborate with credit control on establishing

acceptable payment terms.

4. Collaboration with Corporate Support Functions:

• Manage Receivables: In collaboration with Company Group’s Credit Management team, oversee aged

receivables, ensuring alignment with cash flow targets and minimizing outstanding amounts. Address

persistent payment delays in partnership with business units, credit management, and customers.

Establish customer creditworthiness policies to mitigate risk and support sustainable collections.

• Policy Development: Formulate and enforce policies that ensure compliance with corporate governance,

regulatory standards, and vendor requirements.

• Ensure Legal & Compliance Alignment: Act as the main liaison for in-house legal and corporate secretary,

overseeing contract terms, renewals, and legal matters. Manage disputes through litigation or alternative

resolution, coordinating with legal advisors. Maintain vendor compliance, ensuring regulatory adherence.

• Support Human Capital Management: In collaboration with Company Group’s HR team, act as the main

liaison for in-house legal and corporate secretary, overseeing contract terms, renewals, and legal matters.

Manage disputes through litigation or alternative resolution, coordinating with legal advisors. Maintain

vendor compliance, ensuring regulatory adherence.

• Talent Development: Implement training programs for finance and commercial teams to support

divisional goals and ensure succession planning for critical roles.

5. Risk Management:

• Enterprise Risk Assessment: Conduct regular assessments to identify financial, operational, and market

risks, developing appropriate mitigation strategies. Regularly review the risk landscape with senior

management.

• Crisis & Contingency Planning: Develop contingency plans to manage potential disruptions, including

currency volatility, supply chain risks, and project delays.

• Risk Registry Maintenance: Maintain and regularly update the division’s risk registry, ensuring that all

risks are effectively tracked, monitored, and mitigated.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 15-20 years of experience in senior finance and commercial roles, with a strong focus on

COMPANY, technology, or related industries, preferably in the Middle East.

• Proven ability to manage large-scale financial operations, including P&L responsibility, commercial

negotiations, and risk management.

• Demonstrated experience in implementing and maintaining strong financial controls within a large

organization.

• Experience in managing strategic business partnerships with global IT brands, negotiating high-value

contracts, and driving financial performance for complex, high-growth businesses.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to engage effectively with senior executives

and external stakeholders.

EDUCATION & SKILLS

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is required. A

Master’s degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.

• Professional certifications such as CPA, ACCA, or CIMA are highly desirable.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to mentor and develop high-performing

teams.

• Excellent financial acumen, with expertise in financial planning, analysis, reporting, and the

implementation of financial controls.

• Strong commercial negotiation skills, particularly in contract and deal structuring.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with senior executives and

external stakeholders.

• In-depth knowledge of financial regulations, corporate governance, and risk management frameworks.

• Proficiency in financial software, ERP systems, and advanced Excel skills.

Job Description: Senior Software Engineer – C# (RMS – Risk Management Systems)

**Location:** [Insert Location]

**Job Type:** [Full-time / Contract]

**Experience:** 4–8 years

**Domain:** Capital Markets / Risk Management / Trading Applications

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in C# and distributed systems, to design and maintain mission-critical Risk Management Systems (RMS) used in trading environments. The role requires strong understanding of real-time order flow, risk checks, queue management, and multi-threaded processing.

Key Responsibilities:

RMS Development:

·       Design, develop, and optimize real-time RMS components using C# and .NET Framework (4.0/4.7.2).

·       Implement rule-based and exposure-based pre-trade and post-trade risk checks.

·       Develop in-memory data structures to handle millions of order and trade records efficiently.

·       Build high-throughput queues and modules to handle burst loads during market open and spikes.

·       Debug multi-threaded modules and ensure accurate and timely risk validation.

·       Build alerting, threshold evaluation, and notification modules for risk violations.

·       Collaborate with product and trading teams to translate risk rules into executable modules.

Tools & Technologies:

·       Version control: Git or TFS.

·       Database: SQL Server or in-memory cache (Redis) for real-time exposure tracking.

·       Experience with messaging systems or queues (e.g., MSMQ, ZeroMQ, Kafka) preferred.

·       Proficiency with AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT.

·       Prompt engineering skills to utilize AI for test case generation, debugging, and optimization.

Domain Knowledge (Must-Have):

·       Strong understanding of capital markets, especially equity and derivative segments.

·       Working knowledge of Order Management Systems (OMS), RMS policies, and market behavior.

·       Experience with exchange protocols (e.g., FIX, TCP) and market data processing.

·       Ability to handle peak load conditions and large-scale order bursts.

Preferred Qualifications:

·       Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

·       Prior experience working on RMS or surveillance systems in broking or exchange domain.

·       Familiarity with trading APIs and pre-trade/post-trade workflows.

Roles and Responsibilities

Financial Controller

1. Leadership and Strategic Planning: Collaborating with senior leadership on

strategic initiatives and providing financial insights

2. Budgeting and Forecasting: Leading the budgeting and forecasting process to

provide accurate financial projections.

3. Cost Control: Implementing/ identify measures to control costs and improve

profitability

4. Team Management: Leading and developing a team to ensure effective

performance and goals achievement

5. Risk Management: Identifying financial risks and implementing strategies to

mitigate them.

6. Hands on experience of fundraising from Institutional Investors and closely

monitor the due diligence process for fundraising.

7. Liaising with financial institutions, regulatory authorities, and other agencies

8. Dealing with Investment Bankers, NBFC, Rating Agencies and Govt authorities

9. Raising long term Debt and short-term funding

10. Interacting with Strategic investor, Private Equity, FIs and NBFCs

Chief Compliance Officer

11. Ensuring compliance with secretarial related matters under Companies Act 2013.

12. Liaison with Stock Exchanges, SEBI and other regulatory authorities and look

after yearly/half yearly returns, audit reports, SEBI enhanced supervision data

and other periodic compliances.

13. Handling of periodic and event-based compliances of Stock Broking, DP, Merchant

Banking, PMS and Market Making. Ensuring timely & accurate regulatory

submission to exchanges, Depositories, various PMS submission etc.

14. Review and defining processes for implementation of various circulars issued by

Exchanges, Depositories, SEBI etc.

15. Query handling in relation to regulatory area of SEBI, Exchanges & Depositories.

16. Handling regulatory & exchange inspections, if any.

17. Assist the Senior Management in overseeing the implementation of the

Compliance Policy, internal codes of conduct, prescriptions in compliance

manuals, etc.

18. Drafting of Annual Report sections relating to secretarial and legal compliances

under Companies Act.

Company Description

Apollo Finvest is a publicly listed Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC). Think of us as AWS for Lending. We enable any company to offer fully digital and compliant digital loan products to their end customers. Built on modern Restful APIs, we treat the financial services on our platform as building blocks, which our partners can mix and match to create loan products specifically tailored to their business model. 

Key Responsibilities

- Working closely with the Credit, Business, and Compliance team to manage and mitigate risk exposure.

- Monitoring of loan accounts, checking loan documents & timely preparing various MIS reports.

- Streamline operational processes to enhance efficiency.

- Ensure completeness of documentation in accordance with approved terms and conditions.

- Develop Risk and Operational strategy for line management, collections, underwriting, pricing etc.

- Assist COO and Credit team with operational and financial data analysis to establish early warning signals for risk exposure across lending products.

- Complying with RBI/Regulatory guidelines and establishing processes to safeguard risk exposure

Minimum Requirements

- Proven experience of minimum 5 years in progressively responsible risk and/or operations roles within the NBFC sector

- Has experience with scaling and managing lending products

- Attitude to work at lightning fast speed

- Background of underwriting, credit sanctioning, or credit policy drafting would be given a strong preference

- The candidate must be exceptional in people management, communication, and presentation skills.

- A proven track record of managing partners and engaging in solution selling would be preferred

- Highly organized and efficient, with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines

A strong work ethic and a result-oriented approach

*The CTC range exceeds to what is shown in the job description*

• Credit policy formulation, amendment and clarifications to front end team for secured Loans.
• Regular Portfolio monitoring and bringing up the recommendations based on insights for necessary changes.
• Robust knowledge of end-to-end process and LOS is must. Experience in digitization and automation of credit and allied processes.
• To manage the MIS function such that quality of portfolio is ensured.
• Rationalizing and simplifying processes and policies, in line with business requirements.
• Credit Administration of credit processes, create hind sighting strategy supervises the outcomes.  

Competencies -

• Have strong business understanding of the retail lending business in India and understanding of the regulatory landscape
• Strong experience in establishing and managing high-performing teams with a collaborative leadership approach.
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written

What you need to have:

• CA inter or ICWA.
• Strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions
• Proficiency in financial modeling techniques
• Strong analytical and data gathering skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency
• Positive and highly motivated and driven
• Willingness to work in a fast paced / dynamic environment
• Excellent communication skills

What you need to have: