Operations Specialist (AI)

Location: Hong Kong

Company

hirify.global is a proprietary trading firm with an APAC team focused on trading operations, first-line controls, automation, and continuous process improvement.

What you will do

• Perform trade reconciliations, position monitoring, P&L attribution, and cash and cost reconciliation across asset classes and prime brokers.
• Investigate trade breaks, settlement issues, and corporate actions while coordinating with counterparties, custodians, and prime brokers.
• Analyse operational processes, business logic, and data flows to design solutions that reduce manual effort and errors.
• Use AI-assisted development tools, Python, and SQL to build automated reconciliation, reporting, and control workflows.
• Manage operational data pipelines and support onboarding, market connectivity, SSI setup, and readiness testing.
• Contribute to APAC technology and process improvement projects and manage operational risk through root-cause analysis and remediation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of mid- or back-office operations experience, preferably in proprietary trading, hedge funds, or prime brokerage.
• Ability to read, understand, and reason about Python, SQL, code, and data structures.
• Experience analysing complex process flows and translating business logic into implementable solution designs.
• Understanding of trade lifecycle processes across equities, ETFs, futures, FX, or OTC derivatives.
• Experience with reconciliations, clearing and settlement workflows, Asian securities markets, and large datasets.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced trading environment focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to expand from traditional operations into first-line controls, trade reporting, and data management.
• Collaboration with Technology teams on global process and technology initiatives.
• Proactive, analytical, flexible, and detail-oriented working style is valued.