Associate - Post Trade, Market Structure (contract)

Support strategic platform and market infrastructure initiatives within the Post-Trade Division related to HKEX’s Core Climate ecosystem and broader climate-related market infrastructure developments.

The role will work closely with business, operations, technology, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive hands-on delivery across business analysis, workflow review, operating model enhancement, testing, implementation, and operational readiness activities.

This is a delivery-focused role requiring both stakeholder coordination and active execution capability in a dynamic and fast-paced project environment with evolving priorities and multiple concurrent initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery Support: Support the delivery of strategic platform and market infrastructure initiatives across requirements gathering, implementation, testing, and rollout activities.
• Business Analysis & Documentation: Assist in gathering, analysing, documenting, and validating business requirements, workflows, operational processes, and functional specifications.
• Operating Model & Workflow Review: Support review and enhancement of post-trade workflows, operational models, settlement processes, and ecosystem connectivity requirements.
• Testing & Implementation Coordination: Prepare test scenarios, coordinate testing activities, track issues and defects, and support user acceptance testing and implementation activities.
• Operational Readiness Support: Support production readiness activities, operational process reviews, implementation tracking, and post-launch monitoring.
• Stakeholder Management & Coordination: Work closely with internal stakeholders across Post-Trade, Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, Legal, and other business teams, as well as external vendors or service providers, to support project execution and issue resolution.
• Project Tracking & Reporting: Maintain project documentation, issue logs, status trackers, implementation updates, meeting materials, and delivery reporting.
• Research & Market Review: Support research and analysis relating to market infrastructure developments, workflow innovation, operational enhancement, and climate-related ecosystem initiatives.
• Cross-Functional Team Support: Contribute to ad hoc initiatives, operational reviews, process enhancement activities, and other team deliverables as required.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Information Systems, Finance, Business, Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Platform Delivery Experience (Highest Priority): 2–5 years of experience in project coordination, business analysis, system implementation, testing, workflow enhancement, or platform delivery within financial services or technology environments.
• Business Analysis & Testing Capability: Experience supporting requirements gathering, documentation, testing coordination, issue tracking, implementation, or operational readiness activities.
• Stakeholder Coordination Skills: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across business, operations, and technology teams.
• Adaptability & Delivery Mindset: Able to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving project environment with multiple concurrent initiatives and changing priorities.
• Analytical & Organizational Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, multitasking, and execution capabilities with attention to detail.
• Market Infrastructure / Technology Exposure (Advantageous): Exposure to platform delivery, market infrastructure enhancement, ecosystem initiatives, or innovative technology-enabled solutions supporting trading, clearing, settlement, custody, or related financial services workflows is advantageous.
• Sustainable Finance Ecosystem Awareness (Advantageous): Familiarity with climate-related products, sustainable finance initiatives, or related market developments is beneficial.
• Communication: Good written and spoken English; Chinese language capability is preferred.