Associate Director, Trading

Job Summary

To build a professional reputation for SCB HK for Macro GCNA products, including CNH/CNO, HKD, CNY NDF and TWD NDF. Also to ensure our GCNA franchise is being widely marketed and sales and clients well covered around the clock.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute Macro trading strategy in Hongkong as set by the bank and group Macro business
• Actively make market on domestic FX products under the bank’s market maker license and primary dealership. 
• Increase franchise with global clients and promote scalable HKD/CNH FX business
• Manage IR/FX risks appropriately to maximise revenue 
• Accountable for achieving both individual and team targets
• Implement trading strategy and engage with Sales and Structuring to build a long lasting relationship with strategic clients
• Manage FX books in HK and collaborate with other trading team on cross market client flows. 
• Build a professional reputation for SCB in Hongkong domestic market with outstanding trading performance.
• Provide accurate and timely FX pricing and market commentary 
• Responsible for GCNA related product: FX trading.
• Ensure all limits are not breached.
• Comply with all applicable money laundering prevention procedures and in particular, report any suspicious activity to the business money laundering prevention officer and line manager as well.
• To ensure the market risk and credit risk is well managed while trading

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent qualification
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Chinese
• Skills & Experience
  • Customer Behavior and Preferences
  • Market Risk
  • Securities Laws and Regulations (SLR) Compliance
  • Service Excellence
  • Trading
  • Financial Mathematics

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global employee assistance programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.