Project Manager

Job Highlights

• project management,business analysis,IT projects
• equity derivatives algorithmic trading,AT/QA/UAT
• equities trading,APAC,regulatory,project solutions

Job Description

The Company

Our client is one of the largest international electronic brokerage firm, also one of the premier securities firms with over $5 billion in equity capital, consists of subsidiaries operating on most major stock, option, futures, forex, bond, ETF and CFD exchanges worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Senior Project Manager in performing project management and business analysis works for analytics implementation projects in APAC regions, focusing on equities and equity derivatives algorithmic trading.
• Participate in preparing functional and technical specification on IT projects, conduct system review including system architecture, database structure and program flow. Provide guidance to AT/QA/UAT Testing Project members.
• The selected candidate is expected to have experience and understanding in the equities trading life cycle in order to implement business analyst, specing, project management, implementation & testing work.
• Challenging programming requests from local business units to validate if it is truly necessary and assessing its priority.
• Drafting initial task/project requirements in Confluence for senior PM review.
• Running database queries using SQL to retrieve data to support ongoing projects (e.g. issue investigations, solution design, impacted clients).
• Identifying new projects base on the circumstance of the corporation in particular in regarding their activities in APAC region.
• Capturing, documenting and verifying requirements, writing specifications, assigning actionable task to relevant teams, tracking & following up on task progress
• Conducting flow analysis for company’s electronic algorithmic equities trading.
• Assist on overall delivery of equities business initiatives and comply with the respective compliance requirements from various regulatory authorities in different jurisdiction, in particular the SFC.
• Collaborate with clients accounts managers, traders, the APAC Head of Legal and Compliance and development teams to implement accurate, compliant and forward-looking solution.
• Assisting senior PMs in monitoring the implementation progress, tracking and escalating any issues.
• Using DB data retrieved to generate reports tracking the impact of projects on business and to identify business areas we may want to improve,
• Understanding of regulatory & exchange requirements, identifying loop holes and bugs in our systems and flows and implement necessary changes to be compliant.
• Anticipates potential trading error risks and instruct the development teams to build effective tools and processes to mitigate them.
• Assist on handling Regulatory routine requirement such as Inspections and internal audits from PM perspective.
• Assist the Senior PM on full life cycle projects management from problem identification, key projects parameters, project solutions, projects resourcing and implementation to post project user/ stakeholders satisfaction/ reviews to solutions testing and refinement.
• This role will report to the APAC Senior Project Manager, and there is considerable scope for management and team mentoring opportunities as the team and projects scope expands.
• Someone form an IT, Software or Financial Services technical project management background is ideal in this multi functional , full life cycle role.

Requirements:

• Degree holder in Computer Science, Financial Engineering or any relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in any business analyst / project management area, preferably with well-known international institutions.
• Good analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions.
• Self-motivated candidates with leadership ability will find a highly rewarding career within a stable organisation with aggressive global growth.
• Exhibiting deep understanding of business and market rules.
• Excellent command in English is Mandatory.
• Developing new products & processes to grow the business,
• Improving existing processes & products to gain efficiencies.
• Resolving High priority or day-to-day issues.
• Designing & Implementing strategic projects (full lifecycle).
• Rolling out enhancements to meet regulatory obligations.
• Someone who has a hybrid of skills including projects specifications writing, software development, projects management, UAT and post projects quality assurance and improvements and improvements.
• Deep attention to detail and organisational skills

Benefits

• Western and friendly company culture.
• Competitive yearend bonus.
• Great annual leave package
• Great Career progression.
• Fully comprehensive medical insurance and personal insurance
• Great MPF Pension Scheme