Associate Director / Director, Equity Derivatives Operations, Operations

CLSA; Hong Kong; Sur place; HKD 1 200 000 - 1 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CLSA in Hong Kong is seeking a senior leader for Equity Derivatives Operations to oversee day-to-day support to the Head and guide a team across Delta One, Prime Services and listed derivatives.

You will ensure accurate trade capture, lifecycle processing, reconciliations and controls, while driving incident management, root-cause analysis and cross-functional collaboration with Trading, Finance and IT. Fluency in English is required; Cantonese/Mandarin are advantageous.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of Equity Derivatives Operations or Middle Office with senior responsibilities.
• Experience with OTC and listed equity derivatives, booking models and lifecycle events.
• Experience in service oversight, reconciliations, operational controls and complex issue resolution.
• Experience supporting new products, system implementation, process migration, control design and testing.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and make decisions under pressure.
• Advanced Excel and experience with automation or data-analysis tools are advantageous.
• Fluency in English is required. Cantonese and Mandarin are advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Provide senior day-to-day support to the Head of Equity Derivatives Operations, including prioritisation, coverage, escalation management and team guidance.
• Oversee operational support for Delta One, Prime Services, Equity Finance, exotic and flow derivatives, structured products and listed derivatives.
• Ensure accurate and timely trade capture, validation, confirmation, settlement and lifecycle processing, including resets, fixings, corporate actions, financing, expiries and early terminations.
• Provide end-to-end oversight of services delivered by Derivatives Operations, Collateral, Cash Operations, Asset Services, Reference Data, Controls and Reconciliations, and offshore or shared-service teams.
• Maintain clear service ownership, hand-offs, cut-off times and escalation routes. Review service levels, aged items, settlement failures, control exceptions and recurring incidents, and drive corrective action.
• Oversee trade, position, cash, settlement, broker, counterparty, bank or nostro, accounting-interface and system-to-system reconciliations.
• Ensure breaks are assigned, investigated, evidenced, aged and resolved promptly, with material or recurring items escalated and subject to root-cause analysis.
• Maintain a strong first-line control environment covering maker-checker reviews, payments, access, static data, manual adjustments, exception management and evidence retention.
• Lead or support incident management, risk reporting, control assessments, audit and regulatory reviews, and remediation of identified weaknesses.
• Represent Equity Derivatives Operations in new-product approvals, system changes, testing and process improvements, ensuring controls and reconciliations are in place before launch.
• Build effective relationships with Trading, Sales, Structuring, Finance, Product Control, Risk, Technology, Legal, Compliance and external service providers.
• Coach team members, support cross-training and contribute to succession planning and business continuity.

Connaissances

Equity derivatives operations

Middle Office leadership

Controls & reconciliations

Stakeholder communication

Excel & data-analysis tools

Outils

Automation tools

Data-analysis tools

Description du poste

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Provide senior day-to-day support to the Head of Equity Derivatives Operations, including prioritisation, coverage, escalation management and team guidance.
• Oversee operational support for Delta One, Prime Services, Equity Finance, exotic and flow derivatives, structured products and listed derivatives.
• Ensure accurate and timely trade capture, validation, confirmation, settlement and lifecycle processing, including resets, fixings, corporate actions, financing, expiries and early terminations.
• Provide end-to-end oversight of services delivered by Derivatives Operations, Collateral, Cash Operations, Asset Services, Reference Data, Controls and Reconciliations, and offshore or shared-service teams.
• Maintain clear service ownership, hand-offs, cut-off times and escalation routes. Review service levels, aged items, settlement failures, control exceptions and recurring incidents, and drive corrective action.
• Oversee trade, position, cash, settlement, broker, counterparty, bank or nostro, accounting-interface and system-to-system reconciliations.
• Ensure breaks are assigned, investigated, evidenced, aged and resolved promptly, with material or recurring items escalated and subject to root-cause analysis.
• Maintain a strong first-line control environment covering maker-checker reviews, payments, access, static data, manual adjustments, exception management and evidence retention.
• Lead or support incident management, risk reporting, control assessments, audit and regulatory reviews, and remediation of identified weaknesses.
• Represent Equity Derivatives Operations in new-product approvals, system changes, testing and process improvements, ensuring controls and reconciliations are in place before launch.
• Build effective relationships with Trading, Sales, Structuring, Finance, Product Control, Risk, Technology, Legal, Compliance and external service providers.
• Coach team members, support cross-training and contribute to succession planning and business continuity.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant Equity Derivatives Operations, Middle Office or Trade Support experience, including senior-level responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of over-the-counter and listed equity derivative products, booking models and lifecycle events.
• Demonstrated experience in service oversight, reconciliations, operational controls and complex issue resolution.
• Experience supporting new products, system implementation, process migration, control design and testing.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and make decisions under pressure.
• Advanced Excel and experience with automation or data-analysis tools are advantageous.
• Fluency in English is required. Cantonese and Mandarin are advantageous.

Key Contact/Engagement points for the role:

Internal:

• Operations
• Front Office
• IT
• Finance
• Credit Risk/Market Risk
• Product Control
• Internal Audit
• Legal and Compliance

External:

• Clients
• Custodian banks / Prime Brokers