Cost Optimization Strategy Associate

Are you ready to make a real impact on trading profitability? Join a team where your analytical skills and insights drive both cost savings and revenue growth. You’ll collaborate with talented colleagues, develop specialized expertise, and gain a holistic view of trading profit and loss. Experience career mobility and the opportunity to influence business outcomes. Be part of a culture that values your ideas and supports your success.

As an Cost Optimization Associate within the Market Operations team, you will help develop and execute strategies to optimize trading costs across Brokerage, Clearing, and Exchange for Asia-Pacific markets. You will partner with trading desks across asset classes, including Equities, Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange, Credit, and Commodities, covering all major countries in the region. You will analyze trading data, collaborate with stakeholders, and help shape the future of cost management. You will be empowered to drive change, innovate, and make a measurable impact on the business.

Our team specializes in optimizing trading costs and commissions, working closely with trading desks and business managers across Asia-Pacific. We support a wide range of asset classes and markets, leveraging advanced analytics and digital tools to deliver best-in-class solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to work on high-profile projects, contribute to business strategy, and grow your career in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Job responsibilities: 

• Understand the landscape of trading venues and their relationship with trading desks
• Analyze large sets of trading and brokerage data to identify cost-saving opportunities
• Present data-driven findings to global teams, trading desks, and business managers
• Assist with brokerage negotiations and drafting of rate cards
• Support the design and implementation of management information systems, including dashboard management
• Assist in rolling out cost optimization initiatives and onboarding new clients
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external brokers or venues
• Provide support to operations teams on brokerage-related queries
• Deliver regional updates to product teams on market changes
• Contribute to projects such as client connectivity optimization and other business initiatives
• Collate metrics to measure, mitigate, monitor, and report risk

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or related disciplines
• At least 6 years of work experience in the Financial Services industry
• Existing relationship with trading venues in Asia region
• Thorough understanding of Over-the-Counter (OTC) traded products, and trading venues
• Good understanding of trading flows and the agency business model
• Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Expert knowledge of Tableau and Alteryx
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Act with integrity and with best interests of the firm in mind

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Excellent presentation skills will be beneficial
• Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) queries will be a plus