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Securities Clearing - Credit Risk Consultant

CME Group · Chicago, IL · $42.00–$45.00 an hour · Full time

Posted Aug 26, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 4, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you escalated a counterparty concern to senior management. How did you make the case?

What they are checking: Whether they can present risk findings with evidence and act as a true first line of defense.

Tell me about a risk report you created for a governance committee. What made it useful?

What they are checking: Whether they can measure key risks and present them in a way committees can act on.

What would you do

Rates move sharply overnight. What do you check first when you come in the next morning?

What they are checking: Whether they can run a calm daily assessment of market conditions and quickly find the most exposed counterparties.

A regulator sends an ad hoc request with a short deadline that needs data from several teams. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can produce accurate regulatory responses on time by coordinating across departments.

How would you explain a member's credit and collateral risk profile to someone in financial surveillance or market risk?

What they are checking: Whether they can share risk views clearly across departments, which the posting asks them to do.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd assess the credit risk of a new clearing member that wants to clear Treasury cash and repo trades.

What they are checking: Whether they can combine financial statements, capital, business model and market exposure into a real credit view.

What makes counterparty risk in cash Treasuries and repo different from risk in futures?

What they are checking: Whether they understand settlement, collateral and funding risks specific to securities clearing.

How would you design a liquidity stress test for the clearinghouse if its largest member defaulted?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the funding needs a member default creates and how to size them.

How would you tell the difference between idiosyncratic risk at one member and a broader systemic problem?

What they are checking: Whether they can read signals across members and markets to see when trouble is spreading.

What programming and math tools do you use to maintain risk models, and how do you check they still work?

What they are checking: Whether they can maintain models hands-on and spot when a model no longer fits the market.

Which parts of a clearinghouse rule book matter most when a member starts to look weak?

What they are checking: Whether they know the rule-based tools available, like added margin or position limits, and when to use them.

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The full job description

As published by CME Group.

The candidate performs in-depth analysis of market, credit, and industry data to identify risks, assess exposures, develop methodologies to appropriately measure exposures, and present findings to senior management. The candidate performs daily assessments of market conditions and resulting impacts to counterparties and acts as the first line of defense against systemic, idiosyncratic and counterparty-specific risks. The role is also responsible for creating reports for internal governance committees, measuring key risks, and escalating issues as appropriate. Key Responsibilities: • Liaise with market risk, financial surveillance, and other departments to familiarize others with counterparty credit, liquidity, and collateral risk profiles • Perform daily procedures to monitor risk to the clearinghouse, including credit and liquidity stress testing, and escalate findings as necessary • Demonstrate a strong understanding of applicable regulations at both domestic and international level as well as have a firm grasp of applicable rules in the clearinghouse’s rule book • Use technical skills, including knowledge of programming and financial mathematics, to maintain models • Assist in preparing responses to ad hoc regulatory requests Skills and Software Requirements: • Direct experience in counterparty credit risk evaluation • Knowledge of Fixed Income, Cash Treasuries, and Repo Markets • Experienced in Excel, PowerPoint and Word • Bloomberg • Familiarity with relational databases (MS SQL, Oracle) and SQL • Ability to manipulate large data sets • Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills • Knowledge of financial analysis at an intermediate level • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Capability to work independently as well as in a team setting Work Schedule : This position requires a daily presence in our Chicago office, 5 days a week CME Group is seeking skilled and experienced Consultants for a fixed term of engagement from 9/21/2026 to 12/31/2026. CME is committed to offering competitive compensation for our consultants that recognizes their contributions to the business. The hourly pay range for this role is expected to be $42-$45 per hour. The actual pay offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal consultants or employees (where relevant). Please note that while this opportunity is for a consultant role dedicated to CME, the consultant will be directly employed by a third party vendor, which would provide pay and benefits. #LI-RP1 #LI-Onsite CME Group: Where Futures are Made CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more. At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic. Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here .

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