FICC - Multi-Strategy 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 Responsibilities:

• Lead the construction and management of trading strategy dedicated to specific asset class in macros i.e. global FX, Asia EM etc.
• Design and implement trading strategy to capture alpha opportunity in specific asset class while to implement hedging strategy to control drawdown and negative impact.
• Build proprietary quantitative model and research to identify mispricing and tail risk of asset class to complement alpha generation strategy.
• Lead due diligence on new investment products and oversee onboarding for executable instruments.

Job Requirement:

• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative field.
• Above 3 years of hands-on trading experience in relevant asset class, with a proven track record of alpha generation within buy-side/sell-side institutions.
• Deep understanding of sell-side/buy-side infrastructure: funding dynamics, prime brokerage relationships, collateral management, and trading system workflows.
• Working experience covering one major asset or multi-asset class as below.
• FX and precious metal: spot, fwd, swap and option in G7, A3 and gold market.
• Asia EM: macro products in rates and FX in Asia EM market, especially with vision of multi-asset class.
• Practical experience in executable hedging tool and strategy. Familiar with arbitrage and RV strategy in relevant macro markets. Approved good trading and investment tracking record.
• Expertise in quantitative programming (Python/VBA/R/MATLAB) for back testing, pricing, and risk modelling. Experience with API-based trading systems is a plus.