Operations Risk Analyst

About the role

As an Operations Risk Analyst, you will help ensure the stability and integrity of Kalshi’s markets by contributing to post-trade processing and managing operational risk. You will monitor trading activity, safeguard customer positions, and serve as the first point of contact for clients and clearing members regarding operational issues. This role is essential for protecting participants and shaping the systems that power the next generation of financial markets.

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, collaborating with engineering and risk teams to address issues
• Identify operational risks proactively and contribute to the development of automated monitoring and exception-handling systems
• Lead or participate in incident response, root-cause analyses, and post-mortems to drive operational improvements
• Partner cross-functionally to enhance risk management processes, documentation, and governance
• Support new clearing and risk initiatives aligned with growth strategy and expansion into new markets

Required skills

• Clearing processes
• Operational risk management
• Listed derivatives
• Repo
• Treasury
• OTC markets
• Excel
• Google Sheets
• Financial technology systems

Nice to have

• Clearing systems
• Exchange systems
• Regulated environment experience
• Derivatives
• Event-based trading

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field

About the Company

Kalshi has defined a new category of prediction markets, allowing people to trade on the outcome of events and turn questions about the future into financial assets. As the fastest growing financial market in America, the company aims to build the largest financial market on the planet and bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.