Director, Electronic Trading, Trading
Manage electronic equity execution and client analysis at CITIC. The role uses pre- and post-trade evidence to advise on trading strategies and improve the electronic platform.
What you’d work on
Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.
- Manage electronic client orders.
- Analyse execution before and after trades.
- Work with quant and development teams on platform changes.
What they ask for
Required
- Equity trading experience
- Execution analysis
- Financial-market knowledge
- Client communication
- English
Preferred
- Mandarin or Cantonese
- Education
- Degree in finance, economics or a related field; level not specified.
- Experience
- Up to 10 years in an equity-trading-related role.
- Markets
- equities
How to prepare
- Compare trading algorithms using execution benchmarks.
- Prepare a pre-trade liquidity analysis for an equity order.
- Translate execution findings into a platform improvement proposal.
What to study
- Market Microstructure and Execution
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
- Quantitative Research, Data and Backtesting
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with CITIC Securities International Company Limited and doesn’t handle applications.