Associate - ETO

Key Responsibilities

Electronic Trading Oversight

• Perform advanced analysis of market data and Société Générale traded data to identify abnormal trading behaviours, evaluate trading patterns, and support the enhancement of the firm's risk and control framework.
• Design, develop, and continuously enhance electronic trading controls to strengthen oversight of trading activities across Asian markets.
• Support the oversight of electronic and algorithmic trading activities across trading desks and listed exchanges throughout the Asia region.
• Conduct investigations into trading exceptions and events, perform root cause analysis, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to support effective risk management and informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with Trading and Compliance teams to deliver strategic initiatives, regulatory commitments, and data-driven analytical solutions.
• Produce high-quality management information, analytical reports, and risk metrics to support oversight, governance, and business decision-making.
• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of the firm's electronic trading oversight framework through process improvements, analytical innovation, and control enhancements.

Risk Analytics & Key Risk Indicators

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and analytical frameworks to assess control effectiveness, identify emerging risks, and support the firm's electronic trading risk framework.
• Perform risk factor analysis, trend monitoring, and control effectiveness assessments to support proactive risk management.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, and reporting tools that support management oversight and decision-making.
• Support the ongoing evolution of the firm's electronic trading risk framework through data-driven analysis and recommendations.

Trading Analytics & Business Insights

• Deliver actionable trading analytics and insights to trading desks across the region.
• Conduct large-scale algorithm-level analysis and benchmarking across a broad range of electronic trading strategies.
• Analyse trading performance, execution trends, and market behaviour to support business and control objectives.
• Translate complex datasets into clear and actionable recommendations for business stakeholders and senior management.

Automation & Reporting

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated reporting solutions and data pipelines.
• Implement automated exception reporting, alerts, and management dashboards.
• Enhance platform capabilities through the implementation of:
  • Back-testing frameworks
  • Error-control mechanisms
  • Re-run and recovery capabilities
  • Automated report generation and distribution
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and operational resilience through automation.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain effective relationships with Trading and Compliance stakeholders to support the firm's oversight and control objectives.
• Communicate findings, risks, trends, and recommendations effectively to stakeholders and senior management.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into analytical solutions and control enhancements.
• Support audits, regulatory reviews, management requests, and ad hoc investigations.
• Drive successful delivery of strategic, analytical, and regulatory initiatives through effective stakeholder engagement.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and reporting.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and data analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of electronic trading, algorithmic trading and exchange trading environments.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.