Prime Financing Trading Analyst

Overview

This role is part of the Institutional Prime Finance team and involves helping manage and grow the institutional financing book across lending, margin, and shorting products. The team is building a full-service prime brokerage platform that enables institutions to deploy trading strategies and achieve capital efficiency at scale.

The position trades day-to-day across the financing desk, optimizes net interest margin, and works with hedge funds, ETF issuers, market makers, and corporates to deliver bespoke financing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Trade the financing book daily, managing long and short side liquidity across Prime Financing and CB Institutional products.
• Optimize net interest margin on principal borrow/lend activity through active position management and pricing adjustments.
• Support asset and client pricing for financing implementation across lending, margin, and shorting products.
• Engage directly with institutional clients—including hedge funds, ETF issuers, market makers, UHNW individuals, and corporates—to structure financing solutions.
• Build and refine custom client solutions that improve onboarding, internal processes, and overall client experience.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in equity or fixed income financing, prime brokerage, or derivatives at a bank, broker-dealer, or crypto exchange.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar programming languages applied to trading analytics, pricing models, or data analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of fiat and crypto funding market fundamentals, including repo, securities lending, and margin financing mechanics.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly with institutional clients and internal stakeholders while managing competing priorities with urgency.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $126,990—$149,400 USD
• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Location

Remote-first, but not remote-only. Quarterly in-person working sessions are held (called “surges”).

Additional Information

• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.