Equities Sales and Execution Business Execution (VP)

Citi; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Hong Kong is seeking a Senior COO/Business Execution professional to support Equity Sales, Prime, Futures and related services. You will partner with Legal, Risk, Finance, Operations, Technology and Compliance to ensure effective governance and strong control frameworks across regulatory changes.

The role requires deep knowledge of equities, front-to-back trade flows, and proven execution of strategic projects within a large matrix organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in COO/Business Execution roles, preferably in Equities.
• Strong front-to-back understanding of trades and booking flows.
• Experience driving day-to-day execution and strategic projects in a large matrix organization.
• Detail oriented with strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Self-driven with ability to work independently under limited supervision.
• Experience escalating and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Excel and PowerPoint expertise; data analytics knowledge (Tableau, PowerBI) a plus.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships; team player.

Responsibilities

• Review analytics on client wallet gaps and mitigate proposals.
• Drive control improvement projects related to regulatory change.
• Lead and coordinate the implementation of New Product capabilities.
• Streamline processes with front-to-back partners; build consistent policies and procedures.
• Drive efficiency, productivity, and cost-saving initiatives with senior management.
• Review processes and ensure new controls are comprehensive.
• Investigate issues and perform root cause analysis; deliver remediation actions.

Skills

COO Experience

Equities Knowledge

Data Analytics

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

PowerBI

Cross-functional Coordination

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Working as part of the regional Equity Business Execution team, this role supports Equity Sales and Execution in including Prime, Futures, Derivative & Clearing Sales and Agency Execution Services to ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives, compliance with regulations associated with each market, as well as a strong governance and control framework maintained.

As such this role not only requires an understanding of the Equity business, but also regulatory and control knowledge to identify and mitigate risks for the business by working with support functions such as Legal, Risk, Finance, Operations, Technology and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Work with regional Equity Sales Heads (Prime, Futures, Derivative & Clearing Sales and Cash Execution) and the country Equity Heads to (1) review analytics on client wallet gaps along with mitigating proposal to narrow the gaps; (2) drive other strategic initiatives related to people, capital, compliance, and coordinate across product groups, regions, sectors, functional partners
• Drive control improvement projects and impact assessment in relation to regulatory change and commitments.
• Lead and coordinate the implementation of New Product capabilities from planning to execution.
• Work with front to back partners to streamline processes, technology, and build consistent policies and procedures.
• Drive efficiency / productivity/ cost savings initiatives in partnership with the senior management team and other functional partners.
• Review and enhance existing processes and ensure the development of new controls are comprehensive and business appropriate.
• Investigate issues, perform root cause analysis of operational risk events, and ensure delivery of remediation actions / Corrective Action Plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in COO/ Business Execution/Business Management roles, preferably experience in working with Equities Sales and Trading desks. Relevant support function experience also considered.
• Strong front to back understanding of trades and booking flows.
• Proven experience successfully driving day-to-day execution and strategic projects across a large matrixed organization.
• Attention to detail, strong problem solving, execution and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Highly self driven, ability to independently own work and operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Experience in escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Excel and PowerPoint expertise, data analytic knowledge (eg Tableau, PowerBI) a plus.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships, and work as a team player.

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