Head Office: Head of Human Resources

UTC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

UTC is building a disciplined global proprietary trading organization supported by trading robots, risk-control processes, and cross-border operating entities. The Head of Human Resources will lead recruitment, employment governance, performance standards, and staff administration for the Singapore office while coordinating with overseas operating teams.

Build a high-trust hiring and onboarding process across trading operations, technology, finance, legal, and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HR in financial services or high-control environments.
• Strong knowledge of employment documentation and confidentiality obligations.
• Proven performance management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and trading teams.
• Fluent English; Mandarin is a plus for regional coordination.

Responsibilities

• Build a high-trust hiring and onboarding process for trading operations, technology, finance, legal, and infrastructure teams.
• Design employment policies that support confidentiality, trading-floor discipline, access control, shift coverage, and operational accountability.
• Maintain employee records, job descriptions, compensation files, attendance practices, disciplinary records, and employment documentation with audit-ready precision.
• Coordinate with management on workforce planning for proprietary trading operations across Singapore and overseas subsidiaries.
• Support internal training, conduct standards, information-security awareness, and incident escalation practices for staff working around trading systems.

Skills

HR leadership

Employment docs

Performance mgmt

Executive comms

Cross-functional collab

Job description

UTC is building a disciplined global proprietary trading organization supported by trading robots, risk-control processes, and cross-border operating entities. The Head of Human Resources will lead recruitment, employment governance, performance standards, and staff administration for the Singapore office while coordinating with overseas operating teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a high-trust hiring and onboarding process for trading operations, technology, finance, legal, and infrastructure teams.
• Design employment policies that support confidentiality, trading-floor discipline, access control, shift coverage, and operational accountability.
• Maintain employee records, job descriptions, compensation files, attendance practices, disciplinary records, and employment documentation with audit-ready precision.
• Coordinate with management on workforce planning for proprietary trading operations across Singapore and overseas subsidiaries.
• Support internal training, conduct standards, information-security awareness, and incident escalation practices for staff working around trading systems.

Candidate Profile

• Experienced HR leader in financial services, technology operations, trading, fintech, or another high-control operating environment.
• Strong command of employment documentation, staff confidentiality obligations, performance management, and executive communication.
• Comfortable working with technical and trading teams where reliability, discretion, and response discipline matter every day.
• Fluent professional English; Mandarin capability is an advantage for regional coordination.

This role is for UTC internal operations only and does not involve client solicitation, brokerage activity, or investment advisory services.