Quant Trader

Citi; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Hong Kong seeks a senior Trader to oversee a trading book, generate revenues and manage risk in coordination with the Trading team.

The role requires strong analytical skills, product knowledge, and the ability to collaborate with Sales, Research, CM, and other groups across Markets and Securities Services. Adherence to Citi's Code of Conduct is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; Master’s preferred
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Experience with trading desks and market structure
• Ability to communicate clearly with internal/external stakeholders
• Familiarity with Bloomberg and trading systems

Responsibilities

• Oversee a trading book and generate revenues and manage risk
• Coordinate with Sales, Research, CM and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services
• Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk
• Establish and maintain relationships to deliver trades to the desk
• Anticipate client demand across products/markets
• Coordinate with desk analysts and sales to develop the franchise
• Governance and controls with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Finance
• Promote responsible finance, governance, ethics and expense discipline
• Assess risk/reward of transactions with regard to firm’s reputation
• Adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and supervision framework
• Obtain and maintain registrations/licenses in a timely manner
• Assess risk and ensure compliance with laws and regulations

Skills

Trading experience

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Product knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Decision making

Bloomberg / trading systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

Trading platforms

Job description

The Trader is a senior level position responsible for overseeing a trading book and managing book risk, in coordination with the Trading team. The overall objective of this role is to ensure book trades deliver on budgeted revenues, and to coordinate with key stakeholders to develop the trading franchise.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a trading book and generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business
• Coordinate with Sales, Research, CM and and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business
• Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk
• Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk
• Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market
• Coordinate with desk analysts as needed and with sales to develop the franchise
• Leading strong governance and controls:
• Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
• Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
• Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
• Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
• Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in a related role
• Knowledge of respective products and clients
• Required licensing and registrations as applicable
• Advance analytical and numerical competency
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counterparties
• Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group

Institutional Trading

Job Family

Trading

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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