Senior Derivatives Operations Lead

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited seeks a seasoned Futures & Options Operations professional to oversee daily processes across derivatives, clearing, and related products. You will act as SME for trade lifecycle, manage risk controls, and coordinate with Front Office, Exchanges, and Technology to ensure smooth operations.

The role requires 5–10 years in similar operations, strong knowledge of derivatives lifecycle, and experience with high-volume environments.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in Futures & Options Operations, Clearing Operations, or Markets Operations within a bank, broker-dealer, clearing member, or financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of exchange-traded derivatives, including futures and options lifecycle events.
• Hands-on experience with exchange connectivity, clearing workflows, margin processes, position management, and settlement activities.
• Good understanding of exchange and clearing house frameworks.
• Experience supporting high-volume operational environments with strong risk and control awareness.
• Ability to investigate operational issues and drive timely resolution across stakeholders.
• Familiarity with operational platforms, exchange systems, and reconciliation tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive and solutions-driven mindset.
• Mandarin language skills would be advantageous to facilitate communication with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders across the region.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee day-to-day operational processes across exchange-traded derivatives, clearing, and securities products, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Subject matter expert for futures and clearing operations, supporting trade lifecycle management, exchange processing, reconciliations, settlements, and exception handling.
• Monitor operational risks and controls, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Partner with Front Office, Clearing Brokers, Exchanges, Finance, Risk, and Technology teams to support business activities and operational stability.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, settlement issues, clearing exceptions, and operational incidents.
• Support onboarding of new products, exchanges, brokers, and market initiatives from an operational readiness perspective.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve controls, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Maintain and enhance operational procedures, documentation, and control frameworks.
• Participate in system enhancements, testing, and operational improvement initiatives.

Skills

Futures & Options Operations

Operational risk awareness

Stakeholder management

Trade lifecycle knowledge

Issue investigation & resolution

Regression testing & process review

Tools

Exchange connectivity tooling

Clearing workflow platforms

Job description

About Us

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited (“Huatai International” or “the Company”), is the only overseas wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary of Huatai Securities. Huatai International is the Huatai Group’s international arm which plays as a crucial role in the group's internationalization strategy by:

• not only providing offshore capital market services (and a global business platform) but also provides onshore clients with valuable cross-border capital market services (aligned with the mainland China government’s policies and commercial intentions);
• actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
• integrating on a global basis across many jurisdictions and regions, a successful and fully integrated international financial platform with innovative financial services solutions.
  
  

About Us

Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited (“Huatai International” or “the Company”), is the only overseas wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary of Huatai Securities. Huatai International is the Huatai Group’s international arm which plays as a crucial role in the group's internationalization strategy by:

• not only providing offshore capital market services (and a global business platform) but also provides onshore clients with valuable cross-border capital market services (aligned with the mainland China government’s policies and commercial intentions);
• actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
• integrating on a global basis across many jurisdictions and regions, a successful and fully integrated international financial platform with innovative financial services solutions.
  
  

Huatai International operates as a holding company for consolidating all of the group’s cross-border businesses and companies under one umbrella, offering a truly unified and international business platform. In recognition of such international strength, the renowned international rating agency Standard and Poor’s has assigned Huatai International a “BBB+” rating (for long term) and “A-2” (for short-term).

Job Description

• Manage and oversee day-to-day operational processes across exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options), clearing, and securities products, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Subject matter expert for futures and clearing operations, supporting trade lifecycle management, exchange processing, reconciliations, settlements, and exception handling.
• Monitor operational risks and controls, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Partner with Front Office, Clearing Brokers, Exchanges, Finance, Risk, and Technology teams to support business activities and operational stability.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, settlement issues, clearing exceptions, and operational incidents.
• Support onboarding of new products, exchanges, brokers, and market initiatives from an operational readiness perspective.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve controls, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Maintain and enhance operational procedures, documentation, and control frameworks.
• Participate in system enhancements, testing, and operational improvement initiatives.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in Futures & Options Operations, Clearing Operations, or Markets Operations within a bank, broker-dealer, clearing member, or financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of exchange-traded derivatives, including futures and options lifecycle events.
• Hands-on experience with exchange connectivity, clearing workflows, margin processes, position management, and settlement activities.
• Good understanding of exchange and clearing house frameworks.
• Experience supporting high-volume operational environments with strong risk and control awareness.
• Ability to investigate operational issues and drive timely resolution across stakeholders.
• Familiarity with operational platforms, exchange systems, and reconciliation tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive and solutions-driven mindset.
• Mandarin language skills would be advantageous to facilitate communication with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders across the region.