What are the responsibilities and job description for the Liquidity Risk Manager position at Cantor Fitzgerald?
Job Title: Liquidity Risk Manager
Location: New York, NY, in office
Firm Overview:
Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., with over 12,000 employees, has been a leading global financial services firm at the forefront of financial and technological innovation since 1945. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is a preeminent investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and equity capital markets, investment banking, SPAC underwriting, PIPE placements, commercial real estate, and for its global distribution platform. Capitalizing on the firm’s financial acumen and technology prowess, Cantor’s portfolio of businesses also includes Prime Brokerage, Asset Management, and other businesses and ventures. For 79 years, Cantor has consistently fueled the growth of original ideas, pioneered new markets, and provided superior service to clients. Cantor operates trading desks in every major financial center globally, with offices in over 30 locations around the world. As one of the few remaining private partnerships on Wall Street, Cantor has the distinct ability to focus on long-term value creation and solid relationship building. Our structure allows us to respond quickly to client needs, develop solutions that address complex challenges, avoid the limitations of bureaucracy, and attract talented individuals who are driven to succeed.
Responsibilities:
Cantor Fitzgerald is seeking a Liquidity Risk Manager to join its Risk Management team. This role will focus on monitoring, assessing, and managing liquidity risks across the firm's operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and implementing robust risk management frameworks. The ideal candidate will work closely with Finance, Treasury, and Trading teams to optimize liquidity strategies and risk mitigation efforts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain liquidity risk management policies, frameworks, and controls in alignment with regulatory requirements and internal risk appetite.
- Monitor daily liquidity risk exposures, ensuring compliance with liquidity limits and stress-testing methodologies.
- Work closely with Treasury and Finance teams to enhance liquidity planning and funding strategies.
- Conduct liquidity stress testing, scenario analysis, and contingency planning to assess potential risk events and firm-wide liquidity adequacy.
- Prepare detailed liquidity risk reports for senior management, ALCO (Asset and Liability Committee), and regulatory bodies.
- Collaborate with front-office teams to evaluate the liquidity impact of new products, market activities, and strategic initiatives.
- Ensure adherence to SEC, Federal Reserve, and other regulatory liquidity requirements, staying ahead of evolving industry regulations.
- Enhance and automate liquidity risk monitoring tools and analytics to improve risk transparency and efficiency.
Qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in liquidity risk management, treasury, or market risk within a financial institution, preferably in investment banking or capital markets.
- Strong understanding of liquidity risk regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel III, LCR, NSFR, SEC Rule 15c3-1).
- Proficiency in liquidity stress testing, balance sheet management, and asset-liability management (ALM).
- Experience working with quantitative models, financial analytics, and risk management tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to present complex risk issues to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Excel, SQL, Python, or other data analysis tools is preferred.
Educational Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Risk Management, or a related field; MBA, CFA, CPA, or FRM is a plus.
Salary: $200,000 - $250,000
The expected base salary for this position ranges from $200,000 to $250,000.The actual base salary will be determined on an individualized basis taking into account a wide range of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, education, and, where applicable, licenses or certifications held. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, this position may be eligible for additional types of compensation including discretionary bonuses and other short- and long-term incentives (e.g., deferred cash, equity, etc.).
Salary : $200,000 - $250,000