ITO - Prime Brokerage Trade Support- 8 Months contract- Hong Kong

ITO - Synthetic Prime Brokerage Trade Support Location: Hong Kong Contract: 8 months Hybrid/Remote/ Onsite: Onsite Who We Are Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We are recruiting on behalf of a French multinational universal bank and financial services holding company, the largest banking group in Europe and the ninth‑largest banking group in the world by assets. Role Overview Our client is seeking an ITO – Synthetic Prime Brokerage Trade Support position in the banking division. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top‑tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level. Role Objective Prime Brokerage (PB) offers an impressive breadth and depth of services, providing clients with a fully integrated front‑to‑back solution and a global approach for financing, execution and servicing. PB Client & Trade Service team is part of Global Market Operations and is dedicated to providing a premium service to PB clients and Front Office acting as the single point of contact regarding post‑trade management and daily operational activity across all asset classes. Key Responsibilities Book and follow up all trade operations instructed by hedge fund clients. Coordinate all information from front office stakeholders and Front‑to‑Back to ensure smooth processing and settlement. Perform day‑to‑day core trade support functions to Trading, including trade validation, late trade booking, trade amendment and cancellation. Handle post‑trade allocation for Synthetic Prime Brokerage clients. Handle any post‑trade events such as corporate action adjustment, secondary event booking and notification. Act as an independent control team to strengthen controls within Global Market Operations and follow the escalation rule. Work closely with Front Offices (Sales, Trading, Business Managers, Relationship Managers) or with clients’ fund administrator or clients’ operation on any onboarding process, ad‑hoc requests, and handle queries in a timely manner. Ensure all information reported in the client portfolio is accurate and verified. Trade Booking, Amendment & Validation Create and maintain swap templates. Book late trade in trade repository systems. Validate trade in trade repository systems. Amend or cancel trade in trade repository systems post trade date. Reconciliations Check FO/BO reconciliations are performed and breaks corrected in trade repository systems. Investigate positional breaks, trade mismatches, confirmations/settlements break etc. Create, review, resolve and communicate all internal reconciliation reports and systems. Trade Lifecycle Events Provide full coverage for corporate actions, proactively reaching out to clients on up‑and‑coming corporate actions and any pending settlement/cash issues. Book in trade repository systems for corporate action events. Communicate all corporate actions for both hedge and swap. Handle daily queries from other teams (such as BO and confirmation) and provide necessary information without delay. Post‑trade allocation for Synthetic Prime Brokerage clients (familiar with Agency DMA Cash workflows). Compute and notify trade events (early termination, coupons etc.). Roll and terminate swaps before maturity. Projects Create, analyze, and communicate all KPI’s. Participate in global projects related to company PB process improvements. Participate in local projects related to systems migrations, identify issues, raise enhancements, and contribute to testing of requirements. Active follow up on updating procedure documentation. Contributing Responsibilities Bring solutions to new business initiatives for development. Propose process improvements to improve client journey. Contribution to perform supervision on the outsourced services (if any). Bring direct contribution to company operational permanent control framework. Minimize operational failure, including but not exclusively the risk of fraud by helping to devise and by implementing sufficient regular controls. Ensure appropriate escalation to management and/or permanent control (or compliance as appropriate) as soon as an issue is identified. Comply with internal and external regulatory and compliance requirements. Comply with the company standards of Code of Conduct. Comply with the company IT Security policies. Adhere to AML/FS related duties and ensure adherence to AML/FS. Promote group policies and execution of associated operational controls, and promptly elevate any resulting hit for analysis and decision. Requirements / Qualifications A thorough understanding of financial markets and product. Strong equity derivatives knowledge (including the Front‑To‑Back workflows and the product event management). At least 2-3 years of experience in PB industry in Trade Support or Operations role (with equity background) is essential. Proficiency in Excel, with programming skills (VBA, Excel, Access) preferable. Good influencing and relationship‑building skills. Fluency in English, both written communication and interpersonal skills. Pro‑active in general, taking own initiatives to prevent risks/issues. Ability to work well under pressure and take initiative. Solid work ethic and high levels of motivation. 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