Total 2 job vacancies by Capula

Capula are looking for a Technology Analyst to join our growing office in Hong Kong.  We are looking for someone with strong C# and Python skills.  This is an excellent role for candidates looking to work in a leading hedge fund, and develop close working relationships to the front office.  

Front Office Development: 

• To develop, maintain and support software for the Front Office.
• A successful candidate will be expected to assist on a variety of projects to support the front office; including the new development of what-if scenarios in the interest rates space. 
• Develop pre-trade systems used for evaluating relative value trading strategies.
• Using persistent and in-memory databases and grid computing to process large quantities of static data, instrument prices, rate curves and volatility surfaces.

Application development: 

Take ownership of existing applications, mostly written in Python and C#, and develop them further to meet user requirements. Assist the local HK Front Office teams by capturing requirements and provide software solutions or escalate them with the global development team.

Application support: 

Take care of all first line issues and doing analysis and documentation of more severe issues before escalating to a remote team based in London, U.K.

Education and Qualifications 

• Degree educated in a relevant subject

Experience

• Graduate or up to 3 years’ finance experience 
• Excellent technical knowledge in Python (or other functional language) and/or excellent technical knowledge in C# (or other OO language) 
• Good working knowledge of SQL and relational databases
• Some experience in front end web development (React, JavaScript) would be a plus
• Strong financial product knowledge and experience with hands-on quantitative development (Fixed income required, multi-asset class desirable). The successful candidate should have experience and knowledge on risk engines and pricing models
• CFA, FRM, CQF or similar qualifications desirable

Skills 

• “Smart and get things done” attitude
• Excellent team working skills are a prerequisite 
• Knowledge of good development practices (Git, CI/CD, Docker, Linux)
• Ability to produce highly testable, robust and reliable code

• Provide Regional Investment Compliance Coverage which include and not limited to the following -
• Pre-Trade Compliance –
• Provide real-time investment compliance advice on trading related matters e.g. ECM activities to front office and other business functions.
• Expert Network Calls Approval and Chaperone.
• Review of pre-trade controls exceptions and liaise with business functions to implement appropriate controls when required.
• Post-Trade Compliance –
• Working closely with stakeholders to ensure the firm’s compliance with trade reporting requirements in Asia e.g. Review daily positions/trades and submit necessary disclosures to issuers and/or regulators in accordance with substantial shareholding and short position reporting requirements.
• Surveillance – These include Personal Account Dealing monitoring, Market Abuse and Best execution monitoring.
• Maintenance of the Firm’s Restricted List.
• Advise front office and senior management on trading related market regulations in major markets within Asia from compliance perspective.
• Advise business functions on trading compliance related policies and controls, including handling of MNPI, market sounding/wall crossing and conflict issues.
• Handle requests and collate responses to various exchanges or regulators.
• Tracking of regulatory changes. This include assessment of regulatory and compliance risks inherent in the business activities and initiating, coordinating and delivering process enhancements where required.
• Compliance Trainings – Design and deliver training on regulatory, compliance policies and procedures to employees.
• Project Implementation – Assist in ad-hoc compliance related tasks and projects.

• 7-10 years relevant experience, preferably in an equity trading hedge fund or asset manager, major regulator, broker and/or compliance consultant.
• Very good working knowledge of the market regulations for trading related activities in Asia. Knowledge of market regulations in other jurisdictions would be advantageous.
• Prior experience in compliance advisory including investment compliance monitoring and post-trade surveillance.
• Depth of experience to manage a challenging workload and tight deadlines.
• A strong understanding of products across different asset classes, particularly equities, fixed income and their derivatives.
• Full spoken and written fluency in English.