Associate, Equity Derivatives Trading

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Support the Delta One trading business, including pricing, execution, hedging and ongoing risk management for the business.
• Monitor and actively manage equity, futures, FX, funding and basis risks arising from the trading book, while operating within applicable risk, regulatory and compliance frameworks.
• Help develop and manage the desk's South Asian inventory optimization book, including identifying opportunities to improve the utilization, financing and deployment of equity inventory across markets.
• Analyze inventory, financing costs, borrow availability, funding, dividends, corporate actions, futures basis and other relevant market factors to identify relative-value and optimization opportunities.
• Work with senior traders to identify opportunities to improve the economics of the client franchise, including the interaction between client flows, inventory, hedging, financing and balance-sheet utilization.
• Take ownership of day-to-day trading issues and proactively identify opportunities for process, risk and commercial improvements.
• Develop analytical frameworks and tools to support risk management, inventory optimization, pricing and trading decisions, using Python and other appropriate technologies.
• Partner closely with Quant and Technology teams to enhance trading infrastructure, automate workflows and improve the scalability and control of the trading platform.
• Support the development and launch of new products, markets and trading capabilities, working closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations and Technology.
• Work with Middle Office, Operations and Settlement teams to ensure accurate booking, reconciliation and lifecycle management, while proactively resolving issues affecting the trading business.
• Contribute trade ideas, quantitative analysis and market observations relevant to the desk's client, inventory and risk-management activities.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in Delta One trading, equity financing, inventory optimization, prime brokerage trading or a closely related role, preferably at an established investment bank, broker-dealer or trading platform.
• Demonstrable experience in inventory management/optimization, financing, Delta One risk management or related relative-value trading strategies. Prior South Asia market experience would be highly desirable.
• Good understanding of Asian equity markets and equity products.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to translate analysis into practical trading decisions and commercial opportunities.
• Experience using AI and automation to improve trading workflows is an advantage.
• High degree of initiative and intellectual curiosity. The successful candidate should be comfortable working through unfamiliar problems independently, proposing solutions and taking ownership of their implementation.
• Ability to remain disciplined and make sound decisions in a fast-moving trading environment.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work effectively with trading, sales and internal control and infrastructure functions across different locations.
• Good command of Chinese language would be helpful but is not essential, particularly for communication with internal stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree or above in a quantitative, finance, economics, engineering or related discipline.
• Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents are preferred

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