Asia Cash Equities – Payment Control Lead - Vice President

Ready to shape the control agenda for Asia cash equities? Join a high‑impact team where your risk expertise, product knowledge, and leadership elevate payment safety at scale. You’ll modernize controls, drive automation, and partner with senior stakeholders to resolve complex scenarios in real time. Grow your career by leading strategic initiatives and delivering measurable outcomes for clients and the business.

As a Payment Control Manager - Vice President within Equities Operations team, you lead the regional high‑risk payment control function for cash equities. You validate and approve complex, high‑value payments and journal movements, strengthen the control framework, and drive straight‑through processing and automation. You collaborate with front office, treasury, operations, and technology to resolve exceptions quickly and consistently across regions. Together, we’ll simplify processes, reduce risk, and enhance client funding accuracy.

You will operate within the regional High‑Risk Can‑I‑Pay team, part of the first line of defense for markets operations. The team independently challenges processes, designs controls, and delivers change that minimizes operational, financial, and reputational risk across equities products.

Job responsibilities

• Perform independent validation and approval of high‑risk, high‑value client and firm payments, journals, and account adjustments

• Design, implement, and maintain a robust control framework with clear standards, evidence, and testing cadences

• Partner with front office, treasury, operations, and technology to assess and resolve payment exceptions in real time

• Define requirements and contribute to delivery of Can‑I‑Pay automation and straight‑through processing initiatives

• Simplify processes by removing manual steps and embedding standardized controls across regions

• Represent the function in regional risk, governance, and change forums with clear analysis and recommendations

• Establish and track key risk indicators and service metrics; investigate breaks and drive timely remediation

• Produce concise management updates on risk themes, control effectiveness, and book‑of‑work progress

• Lead control deep dives on payment workflows, settlement mechanics, and client funding processes

• Coach partners on control expectations and promote a proactive, challenge‑culture mindset

• Support audits and reviews with complete, audit‑ready documentation and process narratives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related disciplines

• At least 8 years of experience in Payments, Operations, Product Control, or Treasury roles supporting Equities or related asset classes

• Good knowledge of equities products

• Deep understanding of front-to-back trade lifecycle, settlement mechanics, and client funding processes.

• Proven ability to manage complex risk scenarios and provide rapid, well-reasoned decisions under pressure.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a control-first mindset.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience driving automation or control improvements.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with areas such as prime brokerage, cleared derivatives, foreign exchange prime brokerage, equity derivatives, and/or cash equities will be a plus

To apply for this position, please use the following URL:

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