Overview
A US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure provider is seeking a Securities Finance Analyst. The organization supports trading in stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and more, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs. The role involves managing a portfolio of borrowed and lent securities to maximize profitability while minimizing risk, working across trading, operations, and engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Identify and execute borrow and loan opportunities across various asset classes including equities, fixed income, and ETFs using manual and automated trading strategies.
- Utilize SQL and AI tools to streamline daily tasks, develop analytical tools, and automate data-driven decisions; experience with Go programming language is preferred.
- 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 and maintain relationships with borrowers, lenders, custodians, and client partners.
- Assess and manage counterparty, credit, and market risk while staying informed of market developments and regulatory changes.
- Work with securities lending vendors on product development solutions.
- Create automated workflow solutions for securities lending trading and operations.
- Assist in infrastructure building and business development for tokenized equities financing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- 1–3 years of experience in a technical or trading role, ideally with exposure to securities lending, short selling, operations, or related experience.
- Series 7 and 63 licenses, or willingness to obtain within 90 days of employment.
- Proficiency in SQL, Excel VBA, and AI automation tools; experience with Go is preferred.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with core financial instruments such as equities, fixed income, ETFs, and cryptocurrency, as well as general market mechanics.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams.
- Self-starter with a high level of initiative and eagerness to learn about securities lending, product development, advanced trading concepts, and automated trading strategies.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Health benefits
- One-time home-office setup allowance of USD $500
- Monthly stipend of USD $150 via a corporate card
Location
This is a globally distributed team with members across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and other countries. Remote work is supported.