Assistant Vice President - Equity Trading - Investment Bank

Domain - Equity Trading

Must Have :

- A incumbent should have exposure in collaboration with Hong Kong Equity Trading team on designing and testing trading strategies, as well as automation projects to streamline front office workflows. The candidate is required to have a depth of knowledge in Finance and Statistics, proficiency in Python, and experience in either Java or C++ to implement the models and solutions. Experience with handling tick-data using KDB, will be of advantage. The candidate also needs to possess good communication skills to be able to collaborate effectively with teams in different locations.

Role and Responsibilities :

The Equity Strat would be responsible for :

- Discuss, understand, backtest and refine quantitative trading strategies and ideas

- Developing analytical tools and insights to drive and identify systematic alpha opportunities for the Equity Trading business

- Develop tools to automate trading workflows

- Develop tools to streamline portfolio management and trading cost minimization

Qualifications :

- Educational background in a quantitative discipline (Finance/Economics/Engineering)

- Work experience of 3+ years in a quantitative role (preferably in finance industry)

- Proficiency in Python for data analysis

- Experience in either Java or C++ for application development

- Experience with KDB/Q will be considered a bonus.

- Must be a logical thinker with analytical mind

- Experience with any front-end development experience would be a bonus