Associate Director, Trading

About This Role

This role focuses on building a professional reputation for SCB HK in Macro GCNA products, including CNH/CNO, HKD, CNY NDF, and TWD NDF. It involves actively marketing the GCNA franchise and ensuring comprehensive coverage for sales and clients around the clock.

Responsibilities

• Execute Macro trading strategy in Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong 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
• Ensure market risk and credit risk are well managed while trading

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across teams, business functions, and geographies
• Competitive salary and benefits to support 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
• Continuous learning culture to support growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning

About the Company

Standard Chartered is a global bank connecting clients to its differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. With over 170 years of history and a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, the bank has built diverse capabilities and partnerships to drive commerce and prosperity through its unique diversity.