Equity Derivatives - High Touch Sales Trader

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:
a) 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);
b) actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
c) 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:

• Identify revenue opportunities with existing clients and develop new accounts to maximize revenue
• Execute institutional clients’ orders for global markets
• Interact with institutional clients on market color, flow and stock ideas to generate business
• Handle client’s requests / enquiries
• Work with equity derivatives, sales, research and electronic sales trading teams to provide best coverage for clients
• Lead system optimization and ad hoc projects
• Train up junior sales trading staff
• Coordinate with operations, compliance, settlement teams to resolve settlement failure, trade exceptions and ensure end-to-end process integrity

Qualifications:

• Bachelor with major in business administration or related academic discipline is preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience in equity trading area with wide hedge fund coverage & knowledge in algorithmic trading preferred
• SFC licensed with Type 1 and 4, knowledgeable about local and cross border regulatory and compliance requirements A robust network of relationships with institutional clients, especially international LO & HF, are preferred.
• Strong client development skills
• Knowledge in any programming language is a plus
• Strong experience on block trade, good sense of compliance and risk control
• Good team player and ability to work under pressure with attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skill on both written and verbal, English and Mandarin