Cash Equity Business Analyst & SME

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a skilled professional in Hong Kong to shape and enable the technical development and run-time operation of Cash Equities products. You will work with global product owners and development teams to deliver complex, compliant solutions across regions.

The role requires deep knowledge of front-to-back cash equities, APAC market structure, and the ability to coordinate across trading, regulatory, and operations teams in a hybrid Hong Kong environment.

Qualifications

• In depth Front-to-Back Cash Equities knowledge including STP trading and back/middle office integration feeds.
• Excellent analytical skills, structured problem-solving, and strong task management.
• Deep knowledge of APAC Cash Equities market structure and regulatory considerations.
• Ability to influence across Trading, Compliance, Operations and Technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-to-back analysis of trading workflows and systems to support migration to the strategic platform.
• Shape future-state platform design by translating APAC market structure and regulatory constraints into clear requirements.
• Partner with Product Owners to deconstruct outcomes into deliverable features across regions.

Skills

Front-to-Back Cash Equities

APAC market structure

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Tools

Java

SQL

Job description

About HSBC: HSBC’s Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets business provides tailored financial solutions to major government, corporate and institutional clients world-wide. Managed as a global business, it operates a long-term relationship management approach to build a full understanding of client financial requirements. Clients are served by sector-based client service teams that combine relationship managers and product specialists to develop financial solutions to meet individual client needs. Department Overview: Cash Equities Technology solves complex, high-impact challenges across the trading lifecycle to help our global business and clients succeed. The Cash Equities Technology SME team operates globally covering our main trading hubs across EMEA, APAC and the AMERS, partnering closely with Trading Desks, Regulatory Compliance, Product Control and Operations. The Cash Equities Technology SME team acts as a conduit between product-aligned technology Product Areas and the different arms of the global Cash Equities business. The team ensure the smooth delivery of challenging and complex business and technical solutions using industry experience as well as strong problem solving, communication and co-ordination skills. Continuous improvement and learning is central to the way the team works, challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation, in an open, inclusive, and diverse environment.

Job Profile

This role is accountable for shaping and enabling the technical development and run-time operation of products and services within the global Cash Equities platform, working with multiple product owners and development teams globally.

In this role you will

• Lead front-to-back analysis of trading workflows and systems (order capture, routing, execution, allocations, confirmations, post-trade feeds) to support build and migration to the strategic platform.
• Shape future-state platform design by translating APAC market structure and regulatory constraints into clear functional and non-functional requirements (latency, resiliency, auditability, controls).
• Partner with Product Owners to deconstruct outcomes into deliverable features, ensuring coherent solution definition across product areas and regions.
• 2 INTERNAL
• Ensure service resilience and recovery objectives are met for delivered solutions (including operational readiness, monitoring and supportability).
• Be accountable for ensuring new products/services align with mandatory and regulatory requirements, embedding controls and evidencing compliance-by-design.
• Operate effectively in a global virtual team of specialists, collaborating across all cash equities product areas and time zones.

Requirements

• In depth Front-to-Back Cash Equities knowledge – specifically STP trading, order management, market access, regulatory reporting, and middle/back office integration feeds.
• Excellent analytical skills, structured problem-solving, and strong task management; able to lead complex investigations and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.
• Strong understanding of APAC Cash Equities market structure (venues, routing patterns, liquidity/access models) and how this shapes platform capabilities.
• Deep knowledge of the Asia regulatory landscape relevant to cash equities, including requirements and guidance issued by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, together with applicable rules in other key regional markets.
• Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships across Trading, Regulatory Compliance, Operations and Technology at multiple seniority levels.
• Experience delivering change in a global, virtual, multi-POD environment; comfortable coordinating across regions and product areas.
• Exposure to the full SDLC and appreciation of front office architecture and design trade-offs (performance, resiliency, observability, controls).
• Strong business analysis capability with experience in eliciting and documenting requirements (functional and non-functional), mapping end-to-end processes and data flows, defining clear acceptance criteria, and maintaining traceability from business outcomes through to delivery and testing.
• Technical fluency to engage engineers effectively (e.g., Java awareness and SQL know-how to support technical walkthroughs, data analysis and troubleshooting).

This role is based in Hong Kong and involves hybrid working.