Equities Trader - Asia Coverage (Electronic Trading Focus)
$75,000–$150,000 year
On-siteNew York, United States
Job Summary
Execute and manage Asia equity orders during local market sessions, delivering high-quality electronic execution and client service. Monitor overnight orders and positions, providing timely updates and handoffs to US day teams. Troubleshoot order lifecycle issues across OMS/EMS, FIX, algos, and venue gateways, escalating and documenting root causes. Coordinate lists, monitor completion, and manage allocations for portfolio trading while resolving post-trade exceptions. Partner with operations, technology, and risk to ensure best execution and continuous workflow improvement. Requires 3-6 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting, and FINRA SIE certification. Salary range $75,000-$150,000 with remote availability for US-based coverage.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (Business/Finance/Accounting or related)
- 3-6 years
- SIE (FINRA)
- Bachelor's: Accounting
- Bachelor's: Business Administration
- Bachelor's: Finance
- Strong OMS/EMS navigation skills
- Working knowledge of FIX message flow/sessions
- ability to diagnose connectivity and routing problems
- Clear communicator
- customer-first mindset
- able to prioritize under time pressure
- Asia equity market hours
- Electronic execution
- OMS/EMS + FIX troubleshooting
- United States (overnight coverage)
- open to all locations
- remote
- Less than 25%
- Remote
Desired Qualifications
- Have portable, buy side relationships that can be monetized through the execution of Asian equities
- Familiarity with Asia market microstructure
- portfolio/program trading
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