Associate, Equity Derivatives Trading

Key Areas of Responsibilities

- Act as a primary trading contact for institutional clients, understanding their execution requirements and providing timely, professional and commercially competitive trading solutions.

- Source pricing and liquidity from internal / external counterparties, including identifying and negotiating block opportunities across the market.

- Manage client orders from initial enquiry and price discovery through execution, allocation and settlement, ensuring appropriate oversight throughout the trade lifecycle.

- Exercise strong judgement in liquidity discovery and counterparty selection, balancing execution quality, price, liquidity, information sensitivity and counterparty considerations.

- Proactively identify block liquidity and crossing opportunities relevant to client requirements and communicate actionable opportunities to clients and internal stakeholders.

- Work closely with Sales and other trading teams to understand client flows, market activity and potential liquidity opportunities, providing market colour and execution intelligence where appropriate.

- Maintain strong awareness of counterparty exposures and trading limits and ensure transactions are executed within approved credit, risk and operational parameters.

- Ensure appropriate pre-trade and post-trade controls are followed and developed within the systems to include counterparty eligibility, trading limits, client instructions, order handling, allocation and settlement requirements.

- Maintain a strong control mindset and best execution policy to ensure that client orders and executions are handled in accordance with applicable regulatory, compliance and internal policy requirements.

- Partner closely with Risk, Prime Operations and Middle Office to establish and maintain a robust framework for counterparty onboarding, trading controls, limits and escalation procedures.

- Take ownership of trade exceptions and settlement issues, coordinating across internal teams and external counterparties to achieve timely resolution.

- Support the development of the agency execution platform, including new counterparties, markets, products, workflows and technology enhancements.

- Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, scalability and control environment of the trading workflow through automation and better use of technology.

- Contribute to the continued development of the client franchise by delivering consistently strong execution, responsiveness and market insight.

Requirements

- 3–5 years of relevant experience in agency trading, derivatives, Delta One, block trading, execution trading or a closely related institutional trading role.

- Strong understanding of Asian equity markets, market structure and institutional execution.

- Good understanding of the trade lifecycle, including order management, execution, allocations, settlement and counterparty exposure.

- Strong awareness of counterparty, credit, operational and conduct risks associated with agency trading.

- Client-facing experience and the ability to communicate confidently and professionally with institutional clients.

- High degree of personal ownership. The successful candidate should be proactive, resourceful and comfortable making decisions independently, while knowing when an issue requires escalation.

- Strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to risk management and controls.

- Ability to remain calm and exercise sound judgement when managing large or time-sensitive client orders.

- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with clients, external counterparties and internal stakeholders.

- At least Bachelor's degree and above with relevant experience.

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