Regional External Trading Risk Controls Lead

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

Job summary

Millennium is seeking a senior risk controls professional in Hong Kong to lead regional oversight of external manager risk controls and ensure strong governance across trading activities. You will partner with risk, compliance, operations and trading teams to design, implement and monitor controls, review events and drive remediation across portfolios.

The role requires deep product knowledge across asset classes and proven project-management, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders in

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in trading, risk or controls.
• Strong product knowledge across equities, futures, options or commodities.
• Experience designing, implementing or overseeing trading limits and control frameworks.
• Excellent project-management skills with ability to balance remediation priorities.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with third-party execution platforms and trading tools.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Tableau, SQL, VBA, Jira and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional oversight of external manager risk controls, partnering with Execution teams and external trading groups to establish effective controls frameworks and address regional requirements.
• Serve as the regional subject-matter expert for external trading controls, including onboarding, pre-trade and post-trade risk management.
• Partner with external trading group control functions to establish trading limits, monitor adherence and manage exceptions.
• Coordinate controls reviews, limit assessments and implementation requirements for onboarding external Portfolio Managers and third-party trading tools.
• Promote clear, consistent application of the pre-trade and post-trade risk controls framework across regional external trading groups.
• Develop and maintain controls dashboards that monitor performance, identify emerging risks and highlight remediation needs.
• Review significant trading events, assess control implications and track delivery of agreed remediation plans.
• Contribute to the continued enhancement of firm-wide standards, policies, procedures and governance for external trading activities.

Skills

Risk controls

Trading knowledge

Project management

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Third-party tools

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Tableau

SQL

VBA

Jira

Python

Job description

Millennium is seeking a senior risk controls professional in Hong Kong to lead regional oversight of external manager risk controls and ensure strong governance across trading activities. You will partner with risk, compliance, operations and trading teams to design, implement and monitor controls, review events and drive remediation across portfolios.

The role requires deep product knowledge across asset classes and proven project-management, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders in