Director Senior Technology Manager Application jobs at Bank Of America in China, Hong Kong Island

Required Skills:

• 20+ Years overall technology experience, with at least 10 years covering Equities, with experience of managing application production support across multiple asset classes/functional areas such as Cash Equities, Electronic trading, Execution services, Derivatives, Prime, Stock Loan
• Domain knowledge, gained through hands on experience of supporting Equities and sub-lobs within Equities
• Experience of leading transformative programs/projects in application production support space to improve stability, enable the business and modernize the application production support function
• Well versed with regulatory framework governing technology incidents across APAC region
• Thorough understanding of technical areas such as Unix/Linux, Database (Sybase/SQL/Oracle), Perl, Python, Infrastructure, gained through hands on experience of supporting various applications and technologies
• Track record of leading and managing medium to large teams spread across countries
• Influential and collaborative skills to drive organization wide changes by embracing change and be a catalyst
• Experience and thorough understanding of critical aspects for production support such as monitoring, recovery and routines such as recovery simulations and driving the development of required tooling
• Thorough understanding of ITIL concepts, tools such as ITSM and Service Now. Experience of being involved in migrating to service now will be a big plus
• Experience with tools such as ITRS-Geneos, Splunk, Dynatrace, Observability, Corvil in an operational role
• Client relationship/service management experience
• Proactive, able to multi-task, prioritize and work on own initiative
• Able to work in a high pressure environment
• Strong time management skills
• Problem solving skills both technical and business related
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of wider global markets line of business such as Futures & Options, Fixed Income, Commodities, Currencies & Rates
• Past experience of working in a developer role, preferably for Equities business

The Chief Technology Infrastructure:

• Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
• Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully
• Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals
• Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience
• Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs
• Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital

Responsibilities:

• Act as site manager for the data center facility and lead a team of data center engineers to provide operational support for BofA data centers
• Drive operational excellence through measured results in metrics and reports
• Drive and maintain inventory accuracy
• Design and implement data center infrastructure components such as structured cabling, open frame, PDUs, patch panels and power cabling work
• Install and provision hardware and software systems in the data center environment
• Perform regular maintenance tasks such as power, cooling and cabling maintenance activities
• Monitor and improve data center performance and capacity utilization, and proactively identifying and addressing issues to minimize downtime and disruption
• Collaborate with stakeholders and vendors to understand and meet incoming demand for space, power, and cooling
• Manage data center security measures, including access controls, environment monitoring and surveillance systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support the deployment and operation of new services and applications in the data center
• Develop and maintain documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and diagrams
• Provide support to management reporting and audit responses from internal control teams and regulators
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to resolving data center related issues escalated by other teams
• Work on shift scheduled to oversee activities in data hall and able to participate in shift based weekend activities

Skills:

• Proven experience in working as a team lead or manager in large scale enterprise
• Strong understanding of data center technologies as well as network and computing technologies
• Familiar with data center management tools and software
• Excellence problem solving, analytical skills and ability work effectively under pressure in highly regulated environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability collaborate effectively with partner teams and vendors
• Knowledge of data hall cabling best practices and experience in working with cabling infrastructure

Desired Skills:

• Data Center, network, and server hardware certifications
• Scripting languages such as, Python and Shell scripting
• Able to work with data and inclined on automation
• Ability to drive as well as collaborate to achieve results

Job Description:

Job Description:

This job is focused on counterparty risk portfolio management and counterparty risk governance for the APAC region. Key work will involve related reporting, analysis and monitoring related to these risks. The role requires the person to work with other risk managers, front office sales and trading as well as other groups particularly Finance, Compliance, Legal and documentation. The person will also be involved in various New Products/Transaction reviews with a view to highlight risk and approve from a counterparty perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and monitors counterparty risk exposure and develops mitigation strategies and resolutions in accordance with the bank's risk appetite and risk limits identified, as well as regulatory requirements, as applicable
• Manages risk requests, breach remediations and providing risk effective challenges for front line units
• Sets managing risk parameters and guardrails, while ensuring adherence to risk appetite and limits, and actively designing risk scenarios to implement decisions
• Liaisons with businesses to understand market trends and impacts on portfolio, using knowledge of stress testing and its applicability to counterparty risk
• Ensures adherence to the policies and procedures established by the company

Required Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Portfolio Analysis
• Risk Analytics
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Oral and written communication; presentation skills
• Issue Management

Responsibilities:

• Closely monitor the activities in Asia Equities desks, and identify key risks in the portfolio
• Perform daily market risk signoff, produce risk reports and commentary, and highlight key risks to senior managers
• Perform effective challenges on risk exposure, and deep-dive analyses on market events, business activities, etc.
• Communicate with the trading desks on a regular basis to discuss risks and activities, and promote a culture of risk awareness
• Work closely with support partners, and participate in New Product Review and other governance forums
• Work together with the Global Markets Risk team on Global projects
• Understand the equities markets (esp. in the APAC region), and keep abreast of market news, regulatory changes and developments in the industry which might impact our business

Required Skills:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience preferred. Candidates with less experience will be considered as AVP.
• Quantitative academic background.
• Familiar with equity products, including derivatives
• Familiar with equities markets
• Understand key risk metrics (VaR, Greeks, etc.)
• Curious about the business, the markets, and the risk. Willing to keep on learning new things.

Responsibilities:

• The role is responsible for managing risk and developing sales trading activities with limited direction from senior staff. Daily responsibilities will include pricing, hedging, trading, booking, reporting risk and P&L.
• Proactively maintaining and building client relationships, supporting clients with buying and selling financial products, and implementing trading strategies to achieve revenue goals.
• Having in-depth knowledge of risk management, hedging, and sales trading strategies as well as market characteristics.
• Execute sales and trading activities for the bank’s clients, while sharing knowledge of the current market environment.
• Performs sales and trading activities in compliance with regulations, industry standards, and other requirements and ensures trading orders are executed with the highest degree of accuracy and time efficiency.

Requirements:

• Minimum 6-10 years of relevant experience in APAC Equity Sales Trading for HK/China market.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of equities products, markets dynamics and risk management.
• Strong analytical and data skills, with programming (Python) skills an additional benefit
• Aptitude to work well under fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, reasoning and problem solving.
• Strong collaborator who can adjust style to work well with trading, sales and support colleagues.

Skills:

• Sales Trading
• Trade Monitoring
• Trading and Investment Analysis
• Trading Strategy
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management
• Client Management

Responsibilities:

The Trading Strategist (C++ & Python Quant Developer) is responsible for supporting the expansion of Systematic market-making in APAC Central Risk Book. This role will involve in the research & development, implementation, and management of market-making trading strategies and systems.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate for CRB requires the combination of quantitative, technical, and commercial focus.
• Strong Python & C++ technical background
• Solid experience and knowledge in Systematic market-making
• Ability to carry signal research from design to implementation and testing
• Understanding of market dynamics & option pricing
• Experience in trading strategies, trading system design, market connectivity
• Strong critical thinking and risk management
• Excellent communication skills and highly collaborative

Responsibilities

• New sales wins, revenue growth and retention within a predefined portfolio as a corporate sales consultant across all BofA markets – across treasury, trade and FX
• Engage key decision makers of the largest and most demanding clients advancing the relationships from 1) access 2) dialogue 3) material relationship 4) pipeline 5) mandate, to 6) strategic advisor
• Pro-active approach to sales, sending unsolicited proposals, lead client engagement and pitches / presentations
• Respond to RFPs (request for proposal)
• Constantly review client names to ensure that the names achieve and maintain hurdle profitability levels or exit the relationship based on the Bank’s business objectives.
• Identify and implement revenue opportunities for names assigned via cross-sell opportunities through ongoing discussions with clients
• Work with implementation and services teams to ensure a smooth implementation and high client satisfaction
• Ensure timely resolution of relationship-sensitiveclient servicing issues within the organization and act as the senior escalation point in relationship-sensitive key service issues
• Completion of ad-hoc projects related to names and accounts

Requirements

• Relevant cash and trade sales or relationship management experience within a top tier international bank
• Proven track record in managing complex cash and trade deals for large local corporates and multinationals
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, both English and Mandarin Chinese
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong inter-personal and organizational skills
• Able to successfully develop and maintain collaborative working relationships
• Strong financial skills
• Knowledge of Corporate Treasury functions
• Strong client engagement skills with an unwavering focus on client satisfaction and growing business
• A strong team player who understands how to leverage various businesses functions/partners to drive business growth and support the US client management and sales teams
• Willing to travel cross-regions and within the region.
• Strong PC skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Behavorial Qualifications

• Inclusive and Inspiring: Seeking motivating team players who value collaboration, celebrating shared success and who actively seek and appreciate diverse thoughts and backgrounds
• Authentic and Passionate: Seeking highly engaged teammates whose intensity and intentions align and are enthusiastic about the work we are doing for our clients and in our communities
• Innovative and Curious: Seeking teammates with out-of-the box ideas and solutions, who embrace change with a future-forward mindset, and are looking to challenge the status quo
• Confident and Agile: Seeking strong communicators who value giving and receiving feedback, easily build relationships, and who are quick thinking, flexible, and always learning and sharing knowledge
• Bank of America is an equal opportunities employer.