** This position will be under the Employee Referral Program in Hong Kong.

Summary
 

Within, Operations, Premises & Country COOs (OPC) based in Hong Kong, Capital Market Operations (CMO) teams are responsible to process the transaction activities for Credit, Rates, FX/MM, Securities and Equities for multiple geographies (APAC and EMEA). There are 2 teams under CMO HK in charge of:

• Capital Market Middle Office (CMM)
• Capital Market Back Office (CMB)

Capital Market Middle Office team in HK is around 40 staffs and 6 sub-teams:

• MO Sales and Client Services: In charge of deals originated by Sales including Trade validation, allocations, MTM reporting and collateral management
• MO IRD/ EIS: In charge of Interest Rate and Equity Derivatives
• MO FX/MM/ Credit: In charge of Foreign Exchange, Money Market and Credits
• MO Post Trade: In charge of the processing activities from FO systems to BO systems
• MO Reconciliation: In charge of the various reconciliation (FO-BO; FO-FO,…)
• MO MDA: In charge of Market Data activities

This role is within the Middle Office dealing with Vanilla and Exotic Rates Derivatives.

The position is based in Hong-Kong. You will report locally to the Head of Capital Markets Middle Office.

Key Responsibilities
 

Trade Processing & Monitoring

• Provide support to Front Office business lines under Global Markets Division during Asian trading hours
• Ensure transactional integrity across trading applications
• Perform booking control, trade modification, cancellation, and/ or trade event processing (ie: early termination, partial termination, unwind) sent by back office or front office upon trading approval and report profit and loss impact, if any
• Provide an efficient post-trade support by ensuring trade information flows efficiently through deal processing from front office to back office system and front-office to front office system
• Investigate and follow-up of breaks sent by back office, front office and other internal departments
• Support local business development and volume increase
• Manage operational risks efficiently and towards a 0 incident goal and escalate without delay to management on any unusual activity or issues
• Initiate change to improve team organization, including but not limited to process change, internal workflow

Transversal and Managerial responsibilities

• Assist to define and produce KPIs in order to monitor and benchmark effectiveness of the team
• Ensure the controls and procedures are developed to support the business and reduce operational risks
• Act as a point of contact for the introduction of new products and ensure that procedures are in place to correctly book and manage these transactions
• Participate to all projects impacting your perimeter
• Develop strong relationship with different stakeholders global

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with the employer’s personal data policies, a copy of which will be provided immediately upon request

University Degree holder from discipline in Finance, Mathematics or Engineering

Minimum 8-10 years of experience in Middle Office environment is necessary, minimum 3 years of previous Managerial experience

• Comfortable with multi-tasking, project management and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong attention to details and a self-starter who is highly motivated
• Good judgement, alertness and common sense
• Good analytical, communication, organizational and interpersonal skill
• Versatile with PC tools and applications, e.g. MS Office, VBA

• Good knowledge of financial products and understanding of the operational risks involved in Capital Markets activities
• Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skill