Associate – Equity Derivatives Trading - Equity Derivatives

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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