Join our dynamic Prime Financial Services team in Hong Kong as a Vice President in Margin Trading Function. This role offers an exciting opportunity to enhance decision-making processes and optimize risk-adjusted returns. You'll work closely with clients and internal stakeholders, driving improvements in risk management and financial resource allocation. Be part of a team that values career growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Margin Trading is a front office client facing group within Prime Financial Services tasked with enhancing the decision making process that goes into the allocation of scarce financial resources with a view of optimizing the PFS business’s risk adjusted returns. As a Vice President in Margin Trading, you will play a crucial role in assessing risk vs. return profiles for new business opportunities, pricing client flows, building out pricing & profitability tools to enable quicker decision-making, help drive legal negotiation of trading agreements, and analyzing and addressing clients' risk exposures. Your work will directly impact the firm's risk management strategies and contribute to optimizing business returns. Join us to collaborate with a team-oriented environment, where your analytical skills and attention to detail will drive success.

 

Job Responsibilities:

Analyze and address clients' risk exposures within their portfolios. Assess clients' risk vs. return profiles for existing and prospective clients. Pricing client flow, including financing & commissions commensurate with risk appetite & commercial goals. Building out pricing & profitability tools to enable quicker decision-making for establishing new pricing for client opportunities or help with re-pricing of existing business. Ensure active and regular client engagement regarding risk/margin methodologies and pricing / client profitability. Review stress scenarios affecting the valuation of financial instruments to establish risk haircuts/margins. Formulate risk management solutions with clients and internal stakeholders. Help drive legal negotiation of trading agreements like Equity, Fixed Income and FX Prime Brokerage documents, F&O and OTC Clearing Agreements, Master Confirmation Agreements, Margin agreements & related commitments etc. Identify product gaps and drive improvements to existing PFS infrastructure and product offerings.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a relevant field. Previous experience in financial markets gained in a similar role within a major sell side or buy side treasury function or prior experience in sell-side pricing and/or financial resources / balance sheet management. Thorough understanding of prime brokerage business’ funding model & funding markets in general and how that interlocks with bank’s scarce financial resources like capital & liquidity. Proficient in Python coding and be able to build out tableau screens independently. Thorough understanding of risk management and financial markets. Understanding of Prime Brokerage, Clearing, Derivatives, Risk, and Collateral Management. Strong analytical skills. Team-oriented with proven ability to build strong relationships with partner groups and clients. Attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Experience in intraday risk management for post-trade execution