Officer - Post Trade (Clearing Risk Management - Market Risk) (12-month contract)

The successful candidate will be part of the market risk team in Clearing Risk Management Department with focus on risk management for HKEX clearing houses in Hong Kong.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist the daily market risk monitoring for cash and derivatives markets and conduct regular / ad hoc market risk analysis.
• Support the margin parameter calibration and relevant impact analysis of HKEX products.
• Develop / enhance market risk analytical tools and processes.
• Assist in performing user acceptance testing for risk related system changes
• Other ad hoc tasks to support the clearing risk management.

Job Requirements:

• University Degree or above, preferably in Risk Management / Finance / Statistics / Computer Science, Engineering or related analytic disciplines. Holder of relevant professional qualification such as FRM or CFA will be a plus.
• Basic knowledge of financial products including cash equity and derivatives (futures and options). Understanding of HKEX margining method (i.e., PRiME) would be an advantage.
• Good analytical mindset, detail minded and strong sense of task ownership.
• Great VBA and EXCEL skills are required. Knowledge in Bloomberg, Reuters or database e.g., SQL server is an advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese

Applicants who do not hear from us within 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful. Personal data provided will only be used for the purpose of employment application to HKEX.