The Quant Trading team is responsible for trading and managing risks associated with different crypto products, including spots and derivatives. The team develops and implements trading strategies in fast-paced and complex trading environments.
We are recruiting for a Director to help drive the in-business Risk and Reporting function for the global Quant Trading business. Quant Trading business covers a variety of trading desks across cash, derivatives, volatility trading and others. This role will cover both Risk and P&L monitoring with direct interaction with trading desks, central Finance team and other control functions.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for real-time monitoring, analyzing and reporting of trading desks’ risk exposures, limits and breaches; actively following up on actions to resolve breaches with trading desks, and recommending risk mitigation strategies
- Set up and review trading limits systematically
- Responsible for P&L attribution, reporting and analyses, with commentaries of key drivers
- Have a sound understanding of trading strategies, implement appropriate risk controls and quantitative analytics on trading performance
- Contribute to the development of the trading risk management framework, drafting of risk policies and procedures for new and existing trading strategies, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements
- Monitor funding risk and ensure integrity of balance sheet capital funding and usage
- Monitor key counterparty risks and operational risk, including business continuity
- Develop automated trading controls, scripts and dashboards to monitor trading positions and balances real-time
- Prepare trading performance reports and analyses for senior management
Requirements
- Degree or above in a quantitative discipline, with professional qualification such as CPA, CFA, FRM an added advantage
- Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in a quantitative trading firm, investment bank or hedge fund, in areas such as Product Control, Market Risk Management, Risk Strategist
- Hands-on experience developing risk management procedures and risk monitoring tools
- Strong understanding of financial products, knowledge of crypto products is a plus
- Proficient in Python and SQL
- Strong analytical skills, detailed oriented
- Hands-on, passionate about building, a product owner who can drive an initiative from start to finish
- Passionate about cryptocurrency and blockchain
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