Position Description
Reporting to the Head of Sales Trading, the Dealer / Junior Sales Trader is a member of the Execution team and is responsible for executing clients’ equities orders.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Operate as a Designated Trading Representative &/or Junior Sales Trader depending on experience level.
Use Excel and Coding skills to build and maintain desk tools.
Assist broader team to manage internal workflows and help collate CLSA research and other market intelligence to disseminate to clients.
Develop execution skill set to be able to offer assistance to the team in offering Best Execution to clients.
Use skillset to assist rest of desk to automate tools, monitor client portfolios, monitor trading activity.
Build relationships and rapport with onshore & offshore stakeholders to enable high level of teamwork and communication.
Undertake work (whether reading, time with mentors) to develop, deepen knowledge base & ability.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree and above in Business or relevant disciplines.
Minimum 2 years of experience in the industry.
Strong comprehension and communication skills.
Interest in equity and financial markets.
Strong demonstrated ability to adapt to new systems and technology.
Strong organizational skills.
High-level understanding of Microsoft Excel, ability to code/build & maintain complicated spreadsheets.
Will need to be able to be dedicated and efficient when completing daily tasks as required by internal & external parties.
Must have the soft skills required to monitor the market and client landscape and to provide information around these market dynamics and trends, client interest in stocks and levels to the rest of the Execution team as well as the Sales desk and Research teams.
Strong command in both written and spoken English.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business or relevant disciplines
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the industry
- Strong comprehension and communication skills
- Interest in equity and financial markets
- Strong demonstrated ability to adapt to new systems and technology
- Strong organizational skills
- High-level understanding of Microsoft Excel
- Strong command in both written and spoken English
CLSA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CLSA and has not been reviewed or approved by CLSA.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Base pay for junior bankers was increased significantly in 2021 to stay competitive in a hot market. This indicates willingness to adjust compensation when talent risks rise.
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Healthcare Strength — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in healthcare aligned to local markets, with added travel health and security support via International SOS. This points to solid core medical coverage with global-travel assistance.
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Retirement Support — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in pension plans aligned to local markets. A group retirement plan is administered regionally, signaling formalized retirement benefits infrastructure.
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What We Do
CITIC CLSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform. Established in Hong Kong in 1986, CITIC CLSA is Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, committed to driving the growth strategies of global institutional investors, corporations, governments and high-net-worth individuals. CITIC CLSA’s award-winning research, extensive Asia network, direct links to China and highly experienced financial professionals set CITIC CLSA apart from global investment banks and regional players. Over three decades, CITIC CLSA has built an extensive Asia network with deep local knowledge and connections. Globally, we operate from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit clsa.com
