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Leads financial risk management for a CFTC-registered derivatives clearing organization. Responsibilities include designing and monitoring margin models, recalibrating parameters, conducting back-testing and stress testing, assessing clearing member and clearinghouse exposures, sizing default waterfalls and guaranty funds, preparing regulatory risk reports, maintaining model governance documentation, supporting regulatory examinations, and overseeing member capital, liquidity, collateral, and operational risk.

Design, review, and verify security architecture across infrastructure, applications, blockchain, and AI projects; conduct security assessments and audits; advise blockchain teams on secure operations; stay current on security threats and mitigations.

Support M&A and strategic investment activities: lead diligence, build financial models (DCF, comps), prepare deal materials, manage venture portfolio tracking (IRR/MOIC), maintain deal cash forecasts, and produce screening memos and executive/Board materials.

Lead operational running and launch readiness for Payward Services' B2B2C products; gate go-lives for regulatory and operational requirements; manage US regulated entities day-to-day (licensing, risk, incidents, audits); drive cross-functional execution across Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Finance; support state licensing workstreams (money transmitter, lending/NMLS); serve as operational counterpart to regulators; define metrics and operating model to scale regulated platform offerings.

Lead end-to-end M&A and venture transactions: source opportunities, negotiate terms, coordinate due diligence, build pro forma financial models and valuations, drive cross-functional consensus, and close deals while mentoring the Corporate Development function and maintaining industry networks.