Job description

A Career with Hang Seng Bank

 

Hang Seng is committed to service excellence. Our people are our most important asset and play a vital role in our efforts to continually enhance our performance for customers and provide best-in-class products and services.  We seek to attract high-calibre talent by offering a dynamic working environment, good career development opportunities and competitive compensation packages

Head of Repo, Rates and Debt Trading

Global Banking and Markets Division – Global Markets

Hang Seng's Global Markets(GM) business provides superior service, fully integrated solutions and 24-hour global markets coverage. Our support framework is substantial. Our advanced technologies deliver quick access to key markets. Our capital strength allows us to tailor competitively-priced solutions for specific client business around the world. We provide a full spectrum of treasury services to our customers, including foreign exchange, interest rate risk management, derivatives products, capital markets instruments, as well as market intelligence on global trends and key developments.

Should you join our GM business, you will get to know our customers and design reliable solutions that best meet their needs. You will focus on trading Repo, Interest Rates and Credit products, managing the risk arisen from the portfolio in order to meet the demand of customers’ needs.

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join Global Markets Trading as Head of Repo, Rates and Debt Trading

Principal responsibilities

  • Management and oversight of Repo Trading (RPT), Interest Rate Trading (IRM covers Rates & Credit) and Counterparty Exposure Management (CEM) teams in HK
  • Lead the teams to deliver both financial and non-financial targets
  • Formulate and drive the strategic priorities and business initiatives of RPT, IRM, CEM and GM at broader level
  • Responsible for Front Office Supervision and ensure best in class procedures with proper and effective control are in place and implemented. E.G. ensure Key Risk Indicators reports are well scrutinized and signed off in timely manner
  • Guide and monitor the teams’ activities, perform daily front office supervision to ensure GM’s operations are in compliance with regulatory requirement and group policies
  • Formulate trading strategies for RPT, IRM, CEM and ensure the teams are running according to the plan
  • Oversee the operation of RPT, IRM, CEM to ensure the overall risk position (e.g. interest rate, credit, liquidity risk, etc) is properly managed and within the set limits
  • Stakeholders management with both external (regulators, interbank counterparties) & internal (GM sales teams, non-GM distribution channels, second line of defense, etc).
  • Promote cross teams, cross businesses and cross border collaborations. Work closely with sales channels and key stakeholders on effective product launch and strategies delivery. 
  • Maintain a thorough knowledge of the product areas including market liquidity, volatility, pricing and trading strategies
  • Lead RPT, IRM, CEM to provide consistent and accurate pricing service to sales force and clients, and provide market information or insights to sales teams.
  • Business dependent, monitor daily electronic trading activity and determines where certain trades should be routed for execution, reviews all activity for accuracy of account information
  • Encourage the team to fully understand, embrace RIGHT behaviors and to act according to the Value and Purpose of the bank
  • Dedicate to team members’ career development and to formulate succession plans for the critical roles within the team
Requirements
  • University degree in Quantities Finance, Finance or Mathematics or a related discipline
  • Minimum of 8 years' relevant experience in Repo and Rates, experience in Credit Trading is preferred 
  • People management and front office supervision experience with strong control mindset
  • Good communication, interpersonal, analytical skills and detail-oriented are highly sought
  • Great sense of ownership and servicing mindset to ensure efficient and effective customer service processes and communication with top management and other departments
  • Strong sense of financial and non-financial risk from trading perspective
  • Proficiency in both English and Chinese

 Subject to the experience of the candidate, smaller scope as of Head of Repo might be offered instead.

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