Chief of Staff (DV QES)

The role

The Chief of Staff will help run the business day to day and own projects across multiple teams. This person will manage desk planning and reporting while coordinating with compliance, legal, finance, HR, and technology.

What you will do

• Run the desk's management cadence, including leadership meetings, priority tracking and follow-up on decisions
• Lead cross-functional projects from start to finish
• Prepare management reporting covering P&L, costs, headcount, capital and risk usage, and project status
• Coordinate headcount planning and recruiting, including pipeline tracking, interview scheduling and onboarding
• Track budgets, vendor contracts and renewals
• Prepare business cases for new tools, data and infrastructure spend
• Support regulatory and licensing work with compliance and legal, including SFC matters and exchange memberships
• Prepare materials for internal and external meetings and represent the desk where necessary
• Identify and resolve operational issues across the desk

Required qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in a business management, COO office, strategy or chief of staff role at a trading firm, bank, asset manager, exchange or consulting firm
• Good understanding of how a trading desk operates, including P&L, risk, technology and the regulatory environment
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience running several projects at once and working with senior stakeholders
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Discretion in handling confidential commercial and personnel information
• Fluent English and Mandarin
• Based in Hong Kong or willing to relocate

Nice to have

• SQL or Python is a plus

About the company

DV Trading is an independent proprietary trading firm that uses its own capital, strategies and risk management to provide liquidity to markets worldwide. DV Equities is the group's Asia-Pacific equities and ETF market-making business.