Assistant Vice President OR Vice President, Business Development Manager – e-Exchange recruitment

Salesperson/Relationship Manager to grow the business within the North Asia market, based out of Hong Kong.

This role requires an individual with expertise in the FX electronic trading space, high levels of attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage a workload spanning sales to client services.

Some travel will be necessary within North Asia and the Business Development Manager will be expected to demonstrate initiative, energy and superior networking skills to establish themselves both across the State Street organisation as well as the market in general. This position would suit an experienced sales person within the financial markets with the ability to foster strong market contacts in the e-FX trading space. The individual will be supported by technical resources both locally reporting to him/her as well as regional and global resources.

Qualifications

-Detailed knowledge of the FX industry, regulatory changes impacting the asset class and key players in the market.

-Ideally experienced in identifying and selling FX trading solutions to decision makers within a wide variety of organisations including Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Banks and Corporates.

-Ideally an understanding of the FX electronic trading environment, participants and challenges.

-Comprehensive knowledge of the sales process including long term relationship building, pitching, fee negotiations, legal contracts and on-boarding.

-Demonstrable track record delivering outstanding client service.

-Excellent communicator at all levels with external/internal clients and service providers.

-Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively.

-Some technical aptitude with a knowledge of Straight Through Processing and industry standard protocols such as FIX would be desirable.

-Some management experience working with a small team would be desirable.

-A documented history of been able to hit sales targets

-This role has a North Asia coverage so language capability is required – Cantonese and Mandarin ideally 

Please contact me for more details on this role

Kate.harper@connectedgroup.com

852 3972 5873