The Role

AVP/VP, CTMS Programmer, Global Commodities

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain and enhance the company's internally developed Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) system and tools, covering both the desktop application front end (.NET) and bank-end services, APIs and databases. The system is with a primary focus on middle-office functions including but not limited to trade capture, reconciliation, position management, profit and loss calculation, market and credit risk monitoring, as well as management and regulatory reporting, e.g., HKTR reporting;
• Provide day-to-day technical support to traders and system users, and resolve system issues promptly during critical trading, settlement, and reporting periods;
• Participate in the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of applications, APIs, and database components;
• Investigate and resolve system defects, data exceptions, calculation discrepancies, performance issues, and production incidents; conduct root-cause analysis and implement improvement measures;
• Monitor system availability, interfaces, batch processes, scheduled jobs, alerts, and data-processing workflows;
• Develop database solutions on SQL Server, including schema design, migrations and performance tuning;
• Participate in code reviews and follow engineering standards for secure, maintainable software (Git, CI/CD, automated testing);
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, user manuals, and support materials;
• Ensure compliance with the company's information-security standards, internal controls, access-control policies, audit requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements; 
• Perform other duties assigned by supervisor from time to time.

Skills & Experience

• Degree of Higher Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics or a related discipline;
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience in support of in-house financial, trading, risk-management, ETRM, CTRM, or other business-critical systems, job experience covering incident response and release management;
• Candidates with over 2 years of full time working experience in Hong Kong or overseas is considered as an advantage;
• Proficiency in C# and strong SQL and relational-database skills (SQL Server preferred), including data reconciliation and performance tuning;
• Experience with REST APIs, messaging systems, batch processing, data integration, and system interfaces;
• Experience with building Windows desktop applications (WinForms/WPF) and/or backend services; 
• Familiarity with commodity markets and understanding in trade lifecycle processes, valuation, P&L, positions, exposure, market data, credit risk, and settlement is a plus;
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management;
• Excellent written and spoken proficiency in Chinese and English.

Other Information

• Please apply in strict confidence with full resume, academic record, current and expected salaries.
• The personal data provided will be used for consideration of recruitment only. All personal data of unsuccessful candidate will be destroyed within 24 months.
• Candidates with Enhanced Competency Framework (ECF): please state on the CV.

About BOCI

As a leading investment bank in China and Hong Kong region, the investment banking arm of Bank of China, BOC International Holdings Limited (“BOCI”), is now seeking highly motivated, creative and success-oriented professional who would like to pursue the career for supporting our group.