Head of Risk
Tesseract is a Helsinki-based institutional digital-asset manager. It provides MiCA-authorized discretionary portfolio management through segregated on-chain client vaults and institutional crypto-lending infrastructure for treasuries, funds, exchanges, wallets, and fintechs.
Funding history
About Tesseract
Tesseract operates institutional digital-asset yield products through separate group entities. Tesseract Investment Oy is a MiCA-authorized Crypto-Asset Service Provider offering discretionary portfolio management through per-client, segregated on-chain Dedicated Client Vaults. Tesseract Earn Oy provides institutional crypto-lending infrastructure, including custody, credit, settlement, reporting, and API-based integrations for businesses and platforms that offer yield to their users. Its clients include institutional allocators, treasuries, family offices, funds, exchanges, wallets, neobanks, custodians, and fintechs.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will keep the risk framework sharp, own the risk register and help the trading desk move fast within clear guardrails. You will review existing frameworks and policies, monitor risks across custody, vault and trading activity on CEX, DEX and DeFi venues, challenge positions when needed, work closely with Legal and Compliance, and prepare clear risk reporting for management, the risk committee, auditors and the Board. You will report to the COO.
Requirements
- Resident in Finland with the right to work there
- Fluent Finnish and business-level English
- 3 to 6 years in risk management, including at least 1 to 2 years in crypto, digital assets or another regulated financial environment
- Solid understanding of trading across CEX, DEX and DeFi and their specific risks
- Working knowledge of MiCA and the EU regulatory landscape; DORA and AML/Travel Rule a plus
- Experience assessing and improving risk frameworks and maintaining a risk register
- Proven stakeholder management in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive, self-starting mindset
- Strong analytical skills (Excel/SQL; Python a plus) and clear written reporting
- Degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering or related field; FRM, PRM or CAIA a plus
Responsibilities
- Review existing risk frameworks, policies and methodologies, assess whether they are fit for purpose and recommend improvements
- Own the risk register: identify, assess, rate and track risks, owners and mitigations through to closure
- Monitor market, counterparty, liquidity, custody and operational risk across custody, vault and trading activity on CEX, DEX and DeFi
- Partner with the trading desk on limits, venues, protocols and strategies, and challenge positions when needed
- Work with Legal and Compliance to meet MiCA, DORA and AML expectations
- Support regulatory dialogue and prepare risk reporting for management, the risk committee, auditors and the Board
