Join us for a rewarding and challenging career. We are seeking dynamic and highly motivated individuals who are interested to develop a career in the Securities and Derivatives Industry.
Securities, Futures and Forex Dealer
Responsibilities
· To execute futures and options, securities and related orders for all clients
· To provide fundamental and technical analyses to clients
· To provide trade support services to customers including market information and performance, monitor and advice on client margin calls and facilities, trading limits, solving of out-trades.
· To ensure work and duties are carried out professionally, and comply with all rules and regulations of local /overseas regulators and exchanges
· To assist back-office departments in trade-related work, ensure institutional customers’ trade confirmations are promptly emailed to the customers. Copies of such confirmations are to be given to the Operations team (settlement)
· To solicit and provide feedback on any customers’ unusual trading patterns (e.g sudden over-speculative behaviours), patterns of movement of funds, to HODs and Compliance department.
· To monitor activities (asides from trading within limits and margin sufficiency) that could be related to money laundering and terrorism financing. Must have a good understanding of the factors which contribute to arouse suspicion in such activities.
· To check and monitor customer’s equity and position limits to ensure no over-trading
· To escalate immediately on occurrence of error, to ensure a detailed account of error report is made promptly
Requirements
· Degree holder in related discipline
· Minimum 3 years’ experience in Dealing
· CMFAS modules 1A, 2A, 5, 6 and 6A are required
· Good command of both written and spoken English and Mandarin
· Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills
· Strong team player, fast learner, proactive and able to perform task independently
· Required to work on shifts and public holidays
Assistant Vice President - Institutional Sales
Responsibilities
· Responsible for business development and execution of sales strategies
· Drive sales of exchange-traded and exchange-cleared OTC derivatives products to the targeted clients
· Generate commissions from institutional client base
· Build new institutional business by on-boarding new clients
· Manage and maintain relations with existing client portfolios
· Increase existing institutional business by increasing share of client business
· Work on a team level to identify new opportunities within the target market
· Develop and maintain internal relationships with other channels and functional teams to onboard new clients
Requirements
· Degree holder in related discipline
· Minimum 3 years’ experience in sales trading / dealing with institutional clients or institutional sales experience preferred
· Must possess locally required licenses
· Experience with major global exchanges (eg. SGX, HKEX, CME, ICE, LME etc.) needed
· Self-motivated individual, with a commitment to excellence
· Excellent communication skills and ability to deal with clients
· Ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels in the organisation
· Ability to focus and prioritise the key initiatives across a broad range of opportunities and relationships
Business Development Associate (Sales)
Responsibilities
· Develop business-ups and explore business opportunities to expand the business network, key role in developing new customers based.
· Provide dedicated service to strengthen and deepen effective relationship with customers. These includes opening new accounts and providing regular updates.
· You will manage all aspects of the relationship between company assigned leads / customers for your servicing, meanwhile, to enhance your new business activities and marketing strategy.
· You will also be required to understand customer’s financial needs and recommend suitable investment products to meet these needs.
· Cross selling of financial products and services by identifying and customizing solutions to meet customers’ financial and transactional needs.
· Job training will be provided, and our support is available to develop your knowledge of the other global major exchanges via the various trading channels.
· Develop network of professional contacts with the aim of introducing new business, enhancing technical knowledge, and promoting the company’s brand
· Engage customers on a wide range of financial products and services, including trading, margin financing, cash management, custodian services, loans, fixed income products etc.
Requirements
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and able to engage customer of all levels with assertiveness.
· Passion for dealing in investment products to support investors to achieve their investment goals.
· Systematic with positive attitude, mature and able to perform under pressure.
· Strong business sense and self-motivated with good sales management skills and able to work independently.
· Possess a Diploma or Degree or equivalent qualifications, and strong interest in Business Development.
· Accreditation in CMFAS License in M1A, M5, M6 and M6A is highly preferred unless exempted.
· Candidates with experience in financial industry will be an advantage.
Relationship Manager
Responsibilities
· Act as the main point of contact for the portfolio of Premier / Retail clients
· Maximize growth and profitability to achieve agreed financial targets by enhancing existing and acquiring new relationships
· Cross selling of products and services by identifying and customizing solutions to meet clients’ financial and transactional needs
· Engage clients on a wide range of product and services, including trading, margin financing, cash management, custodian services, loans, fixed income products etc.
· Work with various departments in credit, capital and other risk approval processes and run transaction return calculations
· Proactively fact-find to assist clients with their requirements and enquiries
· Provide prompt problem resolution to maximise customer satisfaction.
· Build effective relationships with clients to retain and develop sustainable relationships
· Develop network of professional contacts with the aim of introducing new business, enhancing technical knowledge, and promoting the company’s brand
Requirements
· Degree holder with mandatory certifications as required for selling financial products (Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income and FX etc.)
· 3-5 years relevant experience in a dedicated client relationship role
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Excellent sales and teamwork skills
· Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
· A strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and accountability
· Highly driven to excel and be able to thrive within a challenging environment by effectively recognising customers' needs
Associate, Information Technology (IT Trading Support)
Responsibilities
· Contact for service and incident requests.
· Provide 1st level trading platform support to internal and external users.
· Trading system project scoping, implementation, testing/UAT and upgrades
· Active monitoring of the production trading systems
· Broadcast outage notifications (email alerts) during incidents
· Coordinate with IT/vendors to resolve platform performance and connectivity related issues
· Knowledge and hands on experience with infrastructure and appliances will be added advantage.
· Take ownership on outstanding production tickets and customer queries.
· Report issues, record, tracked and resolved in a timely manner
· Assist the implementation of backup systems, redundancies and BCP.
· Create and maintain documentation that contribute to knowledge database
· Manages resources in accordance with project schedule
· Manage relationship with vendors and exchanges for projects coordination and timely resolution to reported issues.
· Ability to present complex issues into simple concepts.
· Effective communicator with skillset in power point and small group presentation across departments.
· Shift rotation and involve in weekend system testing and migration works on weekends as required.
· Any other ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned
Requirements
· Diploma / Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent
· At least 2 years relevant experience in IT Support and Financial Trading Platforms
· Strong analytical ability and problem solving skills, good interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal across different levels of management and users, customers and vendors.
Manager, Information Technology (Infra/ Network Support)
Responsibilities
· Responsible for day-to-day Operations and administration on network & security infrastructure
· Perform Installation, configuration and maintenance of network equipment and network operating System
· Responsible for network design and security particularly trouble shooting and/or debugging network related problems.
· Good Knowledge troubleshooting, problem identification, problem resolution and/or resolution recommendation activities to first- and second-level teams
· Network consulting for new projects
· Schedule repairs to the LAN/WAN and ensure timely user notification of maintenance requirements and effects on system availability
· Troubleshoot networks, system, and applications to identify and correct malfunction; other operational difficulties and provide telephone and internal users.
· Managing Wireless Environment with WLAN Controller
· Work with other contractors where required to delivery required network services
· Perform troubleshooting, rectification, protocol analysing and tracing for any network related issue
· Provide on-site support during network migration activities (i.e, pre/post migration and during migration)
· Work with vendors to optimize networking setups and provide reporting of network status.
· Any other ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned from time to time
Requirements
· Diploma / Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent
· At least 3 years relevant and strong technical experience in IT infrastructure technology areas
· Extensive experience MS Windows Server, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Cisco network, VMware etc.
· Strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills, good interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal across different levels of management and users, customers and vendors.
IT - Application Software Developer
Responsibilities
· Assist design and development .net MVC web applications
· Perform User test (UAT) of applications
· 1st & 2nd level user support for application interface issues across systems
· Analyze issues and work with application programmer to identify root cause to prevent future occurrences
· Update and maintain records of all systems interfaces on Jira for Team’s cross references to expedite troubleshooting and resolution time
· Assist & support application specialist and stand in for application specialist whenever necessary
· Project management for new business / back-office initiatives.
· Independent and self-driven in liaising with vendors and stakeholders on projects
· Self-initiate new projects to constantly upgrade the existing workflows to improve efficiency
· Participate in exchanges, platform vendors BCP and setup of company level BCM
· Liaison with front and back office on critical upstream and downstream processes to ensure that trading platforms are operational
· Provide timely response to end users on issue resolution
· Any other ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned
Requirements
· Diploma / Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or equivalent
· At least 2 years relevant and strong technical experience in Application programming and support
· Proficient application development skills in MS .Net C#, MS SQL database, Database Development, FIX protocol /Java / Oracle and XML
Manager/ Assistant Vice President, Operations
Responsibilities
· Manage a team primarily involve in account maintenance
· Review and approve of new client on-boarding and ensure proper KYC procedures are in place
· Ensure that team members are apprised of latest CDD standard, guidelines and developments
· Collaborate with internal stakeholders from other functions in order to review and amend procedure pertaining to compliance rules and regulations requirements
· Serve as the escalation point for issues regarding more complex client profiles and keeping management informed of potential areas of concern
· Be the key representative attending the discussions and file reviews for periodic audit purposes
· Recruit, train and develop staff in their competency and ability to function effectively as a team member
· Responsible for achievement of Team KPIs
· Responsible for periodic reporting to management of issues concerning the team
· Responsible for any projects assigned to the Team
· Any other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the Management
Requirements
· Degree holder in Banking / Finance / Business Management
· Have a solid understanding with requirements under MAS Notice on AML / KYC / CDD
· Familiar with FATCA / CRS requirements
· Minimum 5 to 7 years of work experience preferred in team management, KYC and AML
Associate, Operations (Securities)
Responsibilities
· Perform SG contra, setoff/netoff
· Prepare internal or external margin financing trade instruction via SGX WebFE
· Prepare sales proceed payment instruction for all markets
· Perform / prepare SG SBL settlement instruction and compute SBL interest fee
· Relief for receipts function (minor) in the absence of the receipt staff
· Relief for settlement function in the absence of the other settlement staff
· Checker for TT instruction from payments team
· Checker for mid and end day receipts closing/reconciliation
· Posting of journal entries into the back office systems (Interest fee / handling fees)
· Initiate share transfer instruction for all markets (DVP/FOP)
· Involve in BCP, PPM Update & BackOffice related system projects
Requirements
· Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Banking/Finance/Business Management
· Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant work experience at brokerage firm
· Able to work independently and in a fast paced and challenging environment
· Able to work on SG public holiday
Associate / Manager, Finance
Responsibilities
· Verification and payment of employee claim and vendor payment
· Fixed asset management and depreciation schedules
· Commission payout computation and payment
· Petty cash management
· Preparation of various schedules for timely month end closing of accounts in compliance with FRS, SFR, SGX and MAS rules and regulations
· Financial Reporting
· Any other ad-hoc accounting task and projects
Requirements
· Diploma/ Degree preferably in Business Studies/ Accountancy
· At least 2-3 years of relevant experience
AVP/VP, Institutional FX Sales
Responsibilities
· Responsible for execution of sales strategy, business development and marketing of the company’s e-FX Solutions to the targeted clients.
· Drive the process from originating new client opportunities and ensuring smooth rollout to successful commercialization.
· Build effective relationships with the clients to develop revenue opportunities and to deliver a high quality of service
· Source and establish contact with prospects through referrals from existing clients, your internal relationships with other channels
· Work and coordinate with various departments such as IT, Dealing and Operation to service clients’ needs.
· Work with Risk Management team to manage clients’ margin requirements and maintenance, while observing risk exposure with close monitoring
· Participate in the company’s marketing activities and work on a team level to identify new opportunities
· Provide feedback on customer demand and make recommendations to drive product innovation
Requirements
· Degree holder in relevant majors
· Must possess locally required licenses.
· Min 5-7 years sales trading / dealing experience with institutional clients or institutional sales experience preferred
· Preferably with a good track record in sales and customer acquisition experience
· A highly motivated self-starter with strong analytical skills, excellent business acumen and the ability to deliver targets
· Ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels in the organization
· Ability to focus and prioritize the key initiatives across a broad range of opportunities and relationships
Associate/ Manager, Information Technology (Trading Platform Support)
Responsibilities
· Perform platform, system and connectivity troubleshooting.
· Require working on shift basis.
· Liaise with clients, internal departments and vendors for system implementation and issue resolution.
· Manage services and vendor outsourcing.
· Document all system issues and resolutions.
· Identify chronic issues and formulate long term solution to prevent similar occurrence.
· Perform client accounts setup and termination on platform based on instruction provided by stakeholders.
· Participate in projects, system implementation and testing.
· Document all processes on our knowledge-based software to enable cross functional knowledge across the team.
· Liaise with exchanges for market data related matter and submit monthly report for usage reporting.
· Assist infrastructure team for overnight infra / jobs monitoring and contact the infrastructure team in the event of outage.
· Ability to work on weekends for system maintenance/troubleshooting as required.
· Manage and oversee annual internal / external audit exercises and follow-up on rectification.
· Define improvements and increased system reliability, security, and performance.
· Any other ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned from time to time.
Requirements
· Diploma/degree in a technical discipline.
· 2 years IT or similar support roles.
· Proven work experience in recruitment in a similar fast paced environment dealing with trading platform and managing issues.
· Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain technical issues/concepts to the vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders.
· Hands on experience with platforms will be an advantage: CQG, MT4, TT, PATS, BLOOMBERG, FIS, FLEXTRADE and Single Bank Platforms.
· Good verbal and written communication skills
· Strong tenacity and ability to work independently as well as a team.
· Sense of urgency.
Manager, IT Database Administrator
Responsibilities
· Microsoft SQL Server installation, upgrades, maintenance, and configuration management
· Resolve incidents and problems with database or related third party products
· Improve and enhance the existing stored procedure performance
· Database Backups/restores
· Scheduler tasks Monitoring (SSIS)
· Database performance Monitoring/Tuning
· Maintain database security and compliance
· Manage projects and remediation efforts
· Work closely with clients or Backoffice teams to generate reports from database
Requirements
· Min. 2 years of experience in DBA
· Strong understanding of Database architecture
· Proven skills and experience in managing complex problem solving and incident management related to Microsoft SQL Server
· Knowledge and Experience in Sybase is an advantage
· Ability to work in a team
· Excellent communication skills
· Experience and Knowledge in C# is a plus
· Experience and Knowledge in SSRS is a plus
Manager, General Management Office
Responsibilities
- Planning and effective implementation of marketing campaigns and communications
- Design and develop marketing materials such as EDMs, DMs, Website banners and advertisements
- Update and maintain content on corporate website
- Plan, coordinate and execute events efficiently
- Tracking & reporting of marketing campaigns and its effectiveness
- Able to liaise effective with external vendors and agencies, including media
- Support any other related and ad hoc marketing project/ events as required
- Work with Business Units and research department to send daily market updates on various social media platforms such as Telegram, Whatsapp etc.
Requirements
- Diploma/ Degree in Business/ Marketing discipline with at least 3 years’ experience in Marketing and Digital marketing preferred
- Creative, strong copywriting skills and attention to details
- Competent in MS Office
- Strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good project management and organization skills
- Knowledge of Photoshop, illustrator and HTML skills an added advantage
Analyst, Research
Responsibilities
- Primary responsibilities of covering small and medium cap companies listed on the Singapore exchange. This will include tasks such as developing financial models for forecasting and undertaking financial statement analysis.
- Prepare equity research reports that are backed up by industry and company-specific data, as well as insights from industry experts and company management.
- Secondary role is to interpret economic and market trends and recommend trading and investment strategies to clients on a weekly basis.
- Conduct weekly presentation of trading and research ideas to internal sales and external clients.
- Keeping abreast with market developments, e.g. new investment ideas etc. that can affect markets across different asset classes
Requirements
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details
- A team player, self-motivated, independent and able to work under pressure
- Able to interact/communicate with internal/external clients with good presentation skills
- Multi-tasker with the ability to meet deadlines
- Proficient in spreadsheets, databases and Bloomberg
Analyst, Operations
Responsibilities
- Upload / Process of trades after market closed (all markets)
- Resolve trade issues before exchanges cut-off time
- Perform trade amendment
- Maintain brokerage / commission rate setup in back office system
- Maintain instrument data in back office system
- Trades reconciliation
- Liaising with foreign brokers for trade related matters
- Posting of journal entries into the back office system
- Involve in BCP, PPM Update & BackOffice related system projects
Requirements
- Degree/Diploma holder in Finance or Business related discipline
- Preferably 2 years and above of working experience in Securities or Futures industry.
- Able to work independently and in a fast paced and challenging environment
- Able to work on SG public holiday
Join us to discover a rewarding and challenging career with KGI (Singapore).
We offer attractive salary packages and long-term career development to successful candidates. You are invited to email your cover letter and full resume to [email protected]
We thank you for your interest and please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.