Securities Financing Specialist

About this role

About the Position

We’re looking for a Securities Financing Specialist to support and develop Jane Street’s financing capabilities. The ideal candidate has prior experience in financing or securities lending at a bank or buy-side firm, along with strong external relationships with counterparties.

You can expect to work with a broad range of internal teams to understand and manage the various constraints of a quantitative trading firm. You'll also have the opportunity to execute real-time financing decisions and improve our long-term financing strategy.

Additional responsibilities of this role will include:

• Working closely with trading desks and infrastructure teams to optimize the financing and securities lending transactions across various products

• Maintaining and developing relationships with prime brokers and other external financing counterparties

• Being a reliable subject matter expert in the financing markets to support our trading desks’ decisions

• Helping to form our long-term financing strategy by improving and expanding our financing activity and capacity

• Working with all groups within our Finance department to find robust solutions to strategic and tactical problems

• Learning about and supporting other products, financing structures, and trading desks within Jane Street

About You

• Have 2-5 years of relevant financing experience at a buy-side firm or bank (some exposure to credit financing, ideally in corporate bonds, is preferred)

• Excited and able to cultivate relationships with prime brokers and other external financing counterparties

• Have strong analytical skills and experience with performing technical data analysis to solve problems (e.g., through previous work experience, STEM coursework)

• Intellectually curious and motivated to learn about new products, funding trade types, and strategies

• An effective communicator who works well in a team environment

• Fluency in Python, SQL, or other programming languages is a strong plus

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