Job Responsibilities

• Effective and timely management of daily surveillance alerts and reports generated in SMARTS system for equities and derivatives products 

• Carry out investigation resulting from surveillance alerts and/or dealing referrals of suspicious behavior

• Produce surveillance statistics and analysis and build dashboard for routine and ad-hoc reporting to management

• Participate in market surveillance projects (e.g. surveillance system enhancement) and special projects owned by other divisions

• Communicate and interact with exchange participants, regulators, external vendors and other internal teams within area of responsibility 

Job Requirements

• University degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Finance, Business Administration or related disciplines

• At least three years working experience in financial industry, Management Trainee / Graduate Trainee background in financial institutions or regulators is an advantage 

• Strong quant and analytical skills to handle large data set (e.g. trading records) with strong attention to details Work independently to make certain decisions and be flexible to take on new responsibility or challenge

• Able to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines 

• Knowledge in SQL programming, Tableau, Power BI etc. preferred 

• Good exposure to a wide variety of financial instrument types, including equities, fixed income, rates and currencies

• Good collaboration skills on dealing with other departments, especially with IT or front office

• Knowledge of using industry wide systems (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters) is an advantage

• Experience in using surveillance strategy or various surveillance exception reporting platforms (e.g. SMARTS) is an advantage

• Previous Front Office role, Risk Management, Front Office IT or Middle Office with knowledge from front to back trade processing flows and systems would be advantageous

• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, solid communication and presentation skills

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.