Operations Manager

AAA Global; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AAA Global is seeking an experienced Operations / Middle Office professional in Hong Kong to support daily trading activity and end-of-day processes across a multi-asset platform.

The role involves execution support, trade capture, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, financing, collateral, margin and NAV oversight, with opportunities to implement AI-driven solutions and improve controls.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Operations / Middle Office experience in a hedge fund, macro fund, multi-manager platform, asset manager, prime broker or fund administrator.
• Strong knowledge of hedge fund trade support, settlements, reconciliations, NAV processes, collateral, financing and margin.
• Multi-asset product knowledge across futures, FX, equities, fixed income, swaps and derivatives.
• Experience with prime broker portals, fund administrator workflows and trade matching / confirmation platforms (CTM, MarkitServ, Traiana, TDN or TRAX).
• Exposure to portfolio management systems such as Orchestrade would be advantageous.
• Strong Excel skills; Python, VBA, SQL, Power BI or automation experience would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the full trade and position lifecycle across futures, FX, fixed income, swaps and derivative products.
• Manage trade capture, confirmations, settlements, corporate actions, futures delivery and daily position controls.
• Lead and coordinate end-of-day operational processes, ensuring accurate reflection of trades, positions, cash and funding.
• Perform daily reconciliations across internal systems, prime brokers, custodians, fund administrators and counterparties.
• Investigate and resolve breaks across trades, cash, positions, P&L, financing, margin and collateral.
• Monitor daily wire transfers, margin movements and funding requirements; ensure timely releases.

Skills

Operations MO experience

Multi-asset knowledge

Excel skills

Python/SQL

Tools

CTM

MarkitServ

Traiana

TDN

TRAX

Orchestrade

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Operations / Middle Office professional to join a Hong Kong-based hedge fund. The successful candidate will work closely with portfolio managers, traders, treasury, counterparties, prime brokers, fund administrators and senior stakeholders to support daily trading activity, operational controls and end-of-day processes.

This is a hands-on role offering broad exposure across the full trade and position lifecycle, including execution support, trade capture, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, financing, collateral, margin, NAV oversight and break resolution. The role would suit someone detail-oriented, proactive and comfortable operating in a fast-paced hedge fund environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the full trade and position lifecycle across futures, FX, fixed income, swaps and derivative products.
• Manage trade capture, confirmations, settlements, corporate actions, futures delivery and daily position controls.
• Lead and coordinate systematic end-of-day operational processes, ensuring all trades, positions, cash and funding requirements are accurately reflected.
• Perform daily reconciliations across internal systems, prime brokers, custodians, fund administrators and counterparties.
• Investigate and resolve breaks across trades, cash, positions, P&L, financing, margin and collateral.
• Monitor daily wire transfers, margin movements and funding requirements, ensuring transactions are released accurately and on time.
• Serve as a key point of contact for prime brokers, fund administrators, counterparties and internal investment teams.
• Support day-to-day treasury operations, including collateral, financing, margin and cash management workflows.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, controls, reporting and automation across Operations and Middle Office.
• Help implement AI-driven or technology-led solutions to enhance reconciliation, workflow efficiency, risk oversight and management reporting.
• Support onboarding of new funds, accounts, brokers, counterparties, markets and trading products.
• Maintain strong operational controls and ensure processes meet internal, compliance and regulatory standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of Operations / Middle Office experience, ideally within a hedge fund, macro fund, multi-manager platform, asset manager, prime broker or fund administrator.
• Strong knowledge of hedge fund trade support, settlements, reconciliations, NAV processes, collateral, financing and margin.
• Multi-asset product knowledge across futures, FX, equities, fixed income, swaps and derivatives.
• Experience with prime broker portals, fund administrator workflows and trade matching / confirmation platforms such as CTM, MarkitServ, Traiana, TDN or TRAX.
• Exposure to portfolio management systems such as Orchestrade, or similar platforms, would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of corporate actions, futures delivery, prime brokerage financing and daily funding processes.
• Strong Excel skills; Python, VBA, SQL, Power BI or automation experience would be a plus.
• Proactive, detail-oriented and able to challenge existing processes while maintaining strong control discipline.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work directly with PMs, traders, treasury, brokers and administrators.
• Management or mentoring experience would be helpful, although candidates with the appetite to grow into a supervisory role will also be considered.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism and ownership.
• Must be willing and able to work in Hong Kong.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on hedge fund Operations / Middle Office professional with strong product knowledge, excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage daily trade lifecycle processes across a multi-asset platform. They should be comfortable working closely with investment teams and external counterparties, while also improving processes, controls and automation as the platform grows.