WealthTech Innovation - Business Analyst - VP

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:

• Lead business solution planning for B2B client servicing initiatives for EAM/family offices/license type clients.
• Provide business analysis on the client account structure, trade processing, financial product lifecycle,etc  and transform the business requirement to technical specifications or workflow details.
• Drive feasibility studies for potential projects; shape the future platform roadmap and drive the platform buildout per roadmap.
• Work closely with clients or business teams to oversee and track the technology initiatives being delivered.
• Adhere to and provide support for regional project and risk governance processes
• Interaction with other technology teams locally and globally as well as other departments on platform implementation which includes new requirement signoff, testing and deployment.
• Assist both business and development team on project prioritization
• Supervise and mentor junior business analysts, providing guidance and support in their professional development.

Qualification:

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Information system or related disciplines
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in business analyst roles gaining from international brokerage firms covering in at least one of the following business/functional areas: front-office sales & trading, middle/back office post-trade processing either for the cash equities, structured products, and/or FICC for the Hong Kong, Singapore & other Asian markets.
• Extensive experience in the trade flow & processing of China’s, Hong Kong’s and/or Singapore’s capital market & products, such as equities, derivatives & structured products, bonds, FX is strongly preferred.
• Well understanding of the rules & regulation related to HK SFC, SG MAS and Financial Market Infrastructures.
• Excellent verbal and written skill with ability to create high quality written specifications that are comprehensive, accurate, and tailored to the audiences for the business and the tech teams.
• Project management skills that manage the scope, resources and timeline to make sure on-time delivery output.
• Trading execution related BAU experience of financial products is definitely a plus.
• Strong analytical, fast learning, problem-solving & process improvement skills on vaguely defined objectives/problems; able to multi-tasking under pressure and changing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good command of both Chinese and English, conversational in Mandarin is a must.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities.