Head of Dealing - Core Trading, APAC

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Product focus, aimed at maximising profitability, while maintaining rigorous TCF standards. Work with Regional Heads to drive the product forward through spread management and new product launches.
• Monitor market risk exposure and ensure relevant positions are monitored and managed across a relevant shift. Ensure less experienced persons on the desk are trained in risk management and encouraged to take the lead.
• Ensure that all procedures pertaining to the reconciliation of Prime Broker and Liquidity Provider relationships, are maintained
• Provide Dealing senior management with all relevant information and trading data as required.
• Monitor and maintain capital requirements restriction in respective regulatory guidance, relevant to shifts, and if required to the wider group
• Assist key stakeholders to define Asian hours trading settings that impact client experience, in coordination with global retail strategy.
• Execution of client orders from HNW desk or those appearing electronically
• Use expertise to educate juniors and other business areas about Dealing and your specific product focus.
• Contribute to the development the Global Trading and Risk strategy as requested in relation to market risk mandates, and optimising Revenue extraction
• Awareness of the real-time integrity of pricing published to clients throughout the shift, working to aid the Pricing Team if needed. Refine appropriate pricing models and methodology in the Retail space, assisting Trading management and Pricing
• Ensure other asset specific desks in London are given all the knowledge they require with respect to the Asian processes, and share knowledge and practices between desks.
• Assist other asset classes where required to benefit the Dealing desk as a whole.
• Ensuring you fulfill any individual requirements in relation to Compliance or MRLO guidance
• Understand and apply Best Execution and Transaction Reporting requirements and processes in respect to all work. Be a class leader in this field and provide an example to the desk.
• Work with teams to validate Daily PL, working with Finance relevant to the specific asset class.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Financial Services or equivalent
• 3 years of relevant market experience