VP/Director, APAC Equities Electronic Trading (Sales Trader), Hong Kong

Job Description:

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Overview - Equities Electronic Trading

This role supports the Equities Electronic Trading business in Asia, with a strong focus on quantitative, systematic, and high-frequency trading (HFT) clients. The position plays a critical role in delivering a robust, globally consistent electronic trading framework that aligns with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and evolving market structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Equities Electronic Trading business in delivering a robust, scalable, and globally consistent electronic trading framework, ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and market best practices.
• Act as a key partner in electronic trading change management, working closely with Technology, Quantitative Research, Compliance, Risk, and Control functions.
• Evaluate, analyse, and communicate execution performance, providing detailed execution consultancy to Sales, Trading desks, and quantitative/HFT clients.
• Engage directly with quantitative and HFT clients to understand trading strategies, latency sensitivity, liquidity access requirements, and execution objectives.
• Partner with Business Supervisors, Technology, and Control teams to design, implement, and enhance electronic trading controls, alerts, and monitoring frameworks.
• Re-engineer processes to ensure best-in-class electronic trading controls, consistent application across regions, and effective risk mitigation.
• Support electronic trading governance, issue remediation, and audit processes across the Equities platform.
• Stay abreast of equities market structure, exchange microstructure, regulatory developments, and electronic trading innovations, particularly those impacting systematic and high-speed trading strategies.

• Equities Trading & Electronic Trading
• Quantitative & Systematic Trading Support
• Trade Monitoring & Surveillance
• Market Microstructure Knowledge
• Data Analysis & Trend Analysis
• Client & Account Management (Quantitative / HFT focus)
• Execution Consultancy & Performance Attribution
• Change Management & Cross-Functional Coordination
• Regulatory Compliance & Control Frameworks
• Policies, Procedures, and Governance
• Strong relationship-building skills with Trading, Quantitative, and Technology teams