Securities Finance Trader

Your Role:

• Identify and execute borrow and loan opportunities across various asset classes (equities, fixed income, ETFs) using both manual and automated trading strategies.

• Leverage Python and SQL to streamline daily tasks, develop analytical tools, and automate data-driven decisions.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize data pipelines, trading systems, operational efficiency and risk controls.

• Monitor outstanding loans, recalls, and rates to optimize risk and profitability.

• Build relationships with borrowers, lenders, custodians, and firm client partners.

• Assess and manage counterparty, credit, and market risk while staying informed of market developments and regulatory changes.

• Work with existing and new securities lending vendors on product development solutions.

• Contribute to creating automated workflow solutions for securities lending trading and operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative field.

• 0–2 years of experience in a technical or trading role, ideally with some exposure to securities lending, short selling or related experience.

• Proficient in Python and SQL.

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities.

• Familiarity with core financial instruments (equities, fixed income, ETFs) and general market mechanics.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across teams.

• High initiative and eagerness to learn about securities lending, product development, and advanced trading concepts.