WealthTech Innovation - Trade Support Specialist
Job Description
About Us:
Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited (“Huatai International” or “the Company”), is the only overseas wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary of Huatai Securities. Huatai International is the Huatai Group’s international arm which plays as a crucial role in the group's internationalization strategy by:
a) not only providing offshore capital market services (and a global business platform) but also provides onshore clients with valuable cross-border capital market services (aligned with the mainland China government’s policies and commercial intentions);
b) actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
c) integrating on a global basis across many jurisdictions and regions, a successful and fully integrated international financial platform with innovative financial services solutions.
Huatai International operates as a holding company for consolidating all of the group’s cross-border businesses and companies under one umbrella, offering a truly unified and international business platform. In recognition of such international strength, the renowned international rating agency Standard and Poor’s has assigned Huatai International a “BBB+” rating (for long term) and “A-2” (for short-term).
Responsibilities:
- Perform pre-trade checks and validations for client orders against mandate, KYC/AML limits, client-specific restrictions, and market rules. Validate order parameters (client account, counterparty, product eligibility, limits, available cash/securities) before execution.
- Provide real-time operational support to traders during order execution and routing. Liaise with trading desk, execution venues, and brokers to ensure execution clarity and confirm fills.
- Accurately book executed trades into internal systems and downstream platforms. Reconcile trade blotters with broker confirmations and trade feeds; investigate and resolve breaks.
- Coordinate inbound/outbound asset transfers (custody changes, account transfers), interacting with custodians, brokers, and counterparties.
- Communicate material corporate action events and deadlines to client teams when required.
- Serve as operational point-of-contact for B2B client teams on trade-related inquiries and ad-hoc requests.
- Participate in change control, UAT, and platform rollouts impacting trade operations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Finance or relevant disciplines.
- 5 years of hands-on experience in trade operations, middle-office, or brokerage support.
- Familiarity with equities, fixed income, funds, ETFs, FX and derivatives. Knowledge of custody/settlement cycles and corporate action conventions.
- Hands-on experience with order management/trade booking systems, custodial platforms, and market data/broker interfaces.
- Solid knowledge on structure note lifecycle handling, e.g. Term Sheet validations, ISIN applying, KI/KO event handling, etc.
- Understanding of KYC/AML, client onboarding limits, market conduct rules, and trade reporting obligations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and capable of independent learning in the rapidly evolving landscape.