Junior Operations Analyst – Hedge Fund – Hong Kong recruitment
The International Equities team is responsible for the daily trade confirmation of international equities, options, FX, CFD’s, and Actively traded swaps. Members of this team are also educated in depth on FX markets in order to help facilitate in monitoring and reducing the firm’s foreign currency exposure.
Due to the importance around the work that is done by this team, our client is looking for bright, articulate and motivated professionals.
Responsabilities
- Reconcile all international equities, options, CFD’s, and FX transactions on a daily basis prior to the market close.
- Verify all positions back to the Prime Brokers.
- Coordinate between Portfolio Managers/traders and outside counterparties (Prime Brokers, Trading, Sales, Settlements, Client Service, Risk, Treasury, Legal and Compliance) to resolve issues in a timely fashion
- Review all voluntary and mandatory corporate actions posted to an account and interface between PBs and the Trading desk on position implications.
- Monitor and reduce foreign currency exposure that is attributed to pnl, exposure on ADR’s, and dollarized swaps by performing FX transactions.
- Responsible for the execution of spot and forward FX transactions in order to facilitate the accurate settlement of securities transacted in NDF markets.
- Middle Office Trade Support - Dealing directly with traders relating to trade bookings, trade verification, corporate actions, PNL as well as technology and legal related issues
The ideal candidate should have:
• BS or BA in finance or related fields.
• Up to 2 years experience in a financial institution or hedge fund.
• Strong time management skills coupled with the ability to efficiently prioritize.
• This candidate must have high attention to detail, be organized, work independently, and have strong decision making skills.
• Basic Excel skills
• Bloomberg or Reuters knowledge is preferable but not required
• A base knowledge of International markets, corporate actions, futures, FX and OTC products a plus.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• English and Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) language skills (written and verbal)