CITIC CLSA

Asia-focused capital markets and investment group

Senior IT Analyst

IT Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's or master's degree is required; a degree in Electronic or computers is preferred.
A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in Japanese or global equities, futures and derivatives, and self-clearing system technology is required, including business analysis of systems and products, production support, and testing.
Native or equivalent Japanese communication skills, including reading and writing, and business-level English are mandatory.
Knowledge of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Arrowhead setup, and cash equity business in DMA, algorithms, agency, and program trading environments is required.
Knowledge of Oracle SQL queries for data extraction and reports, and basic Linux troubleshooting commands, is required.

Responsibilities

Work on new business initiatives such as futures trading and connectivity, wealth management, and self-clearing; work closely with business stakeholders, global IT, and vendors on project management, business requirements documents, tasks, tracking, system setup, and related support.
Work with external parties and vendors on connectivity, migration, and queries for new products involving telecoms, NRI (Nomura), JPX (Japan Exchange Group), PTS venues, JASDEC, and JSCC (Japan Securities Clearing Corporation).
Support upgrades and migrations for exchange connectivity, and participate in market rehearsals, shifts, and weekend work for major testing and migration as required.
Work with global IT, developers, and technical operations to set up applications, network hardware, and telecoms; support releases, server refreshes, UAT and production environments, and certification and final go-live tests with users and clients.
Communicate regularly with users, provide timely updates on changes, releases, and Jira task status, manage incidents, and write incident reports for business users and regulators.
Support key compliance applications, participate in and run the annual BCP exercise, write audit or hearing reports for securities regulators and related partners, and work with system risk and guidelines.
Work with the global team to develop, maintain, and optimize manual processes; leverage AI tools to identify and automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of VB, Python, and automation or AI tools is preferred.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

Work on new business initiatives such as Futures trading & connectivity, Wealth management, Self clearing. Closely work with business stakeholders, global IT, vendors on project management BRD(Business documents), tasks, tracking, setup of systems and related support.
Work with external partiers and vendors for new products connectivity, Telecoms, NRI(Nomura), JPX(Japan exchange group), PTS venues, Jasdec, JSCC(Japan Securities Clearing Corporation) for connectivity, migration, and queries.
Experience about Tokyo stock exchange trading, Future, Derivatives rules, regulations, and arrowhead connectivity setup. Support upgrades and migrations for exchange connectivity. Should be able to participate in market rehearsals, work in shifts and weekend for major testing and migration wherever required.
Close work with global IT, developers, technical operations to setup application, network hardware and telecom setup, releases including server refresh, UAT and Prod environments, working with users and clients for certification tests and final go-live tests
Regular communication and meeting with users, timely update on changes, releases, Jira tasks status, Incident management, write reports for business users and regulators on incidents.
Support key compliance applications, participate and run annual BCP exercise, write audit or hearing reports for Securities Regulators & related partners (FSA, JSDA, SESC, JASDEC, etc…). Familiar with system risk and guidelines.
Technology and Automation - work with global team to develop, maintain and optimize manual process. Leverage AI tools to identify and automate manual processes, improving efficiency across operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree, preferred if in field of Electronic or computers.
Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in Japanese or global equities, Future and Derivative, Self clearing system technology with good experience in business analysis of systems, products including production support and testing.
Strong communication skills in Japanese (Native or equivalent , including reading/writing) and English (Business) are mandatory.
Excellent knowledge of Tokyo stock exchange, Arrowhead setup, Cash Equity business in DMA (direct market access)/Algorithms, Agency and Program Trading environment.
Must know ORACLE (SQL queries) for data extraction and reports, Linux basic troubleshooting commands.
Good and Preferred if knows VB, Python and automation/AI tools.

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About the Company

CITIC CLSA

Asia-focused capital markets and investment group

CITIC CLSA provides capital markets and investment services in Asia and beyond, supporting global institutional investors, corporations, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. The company uses its award-winning research, extensive Asia network, and direct links to China to help clients access and invest in Asian markets. Its team operates across 13 countries in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, combining local knowledge with international reach. This mix helps clients execute deals, conduct in-depth market analysis, and grow their investment portfolios through China and Asia-focused opportunities. What sets CITIC CLSA apart is its deep regional network and China connections, which contrast with broader global banks and smaller regional firms. The goal is to enable clients to grow by leveraging Asia’s markets and China’s opportunities through expert advisory, research, and execution across the globe.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $834.9M
Headquarters: Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Founded: 1986

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