Attractive opportunity for bilingual (Japanese/English) Ops manager to lead a small team of Middle Office professionals handling Equity Derivatives Trading (Exotic and Flow) as well as Index Arbitrage, in support of the Client's Asia Equities Derivative trade desk in Hong Kong.
• Manage relationship with trading desk, IT and global operation counterparts • Take a lead role in projects such as new products, new markets, new initiatives, and user acceptance tests from operations perspective • Creating and amending Static for Trades • Booking both Economic and Non Economic Trades • Monitoring risk levels • Input of Fixing Levels for Forward Starts and Asian Options • Investigating P & L Discrepancies • Liaising with back office teams and Product Control re queries • Booking of Coupons on Swaps and Dividends • Contacting Clients Regarding Confirmations • Dividend research / forecasting / Reconciliations • Advising traders and monitoring Index composition updates before date of happening • Check all indices EDG Japan cover (11 markets ) • Produce list and calendar events for all changes on Indices • Life Cycle maintenance on structured products • T+0 trade validation (confirms)
Requirements / Desired Attributes: • Minimum of 5 years experience in a Middle Office role • Knowledge of Equity Derivatives • Bilingual Japanese/English • Demonstrated ability to lead; project management experience a plus • Good people management skills • Highly numerate / analytical • VBA Skills preferred
For a confidential consideration, please send an up-to-date CV, preferably in a Word Doc format to T2Tokyo.
