Summary
Seeking a Portfolio Financing Specialist to join our client’s Financing team!
Company Information:
We are currently recruiting a Portfolio Financing Specialist to join our client’s Financing team. The team sets up and oversees a broad-spectrum financing arrangement across the firm’s platform and manages liquidity within the funds on a daily basis. The role will be focused on securities financing and lending operations within traditional hedge fund and draw-down structures with close coordination between our trading desk, external counterparties and internal infrastructure throughout the trade lifecycle. Another primary focus of this role will be the building and maintenance of reporting and processes that are actively reviewed by team and firm leadership. The team contributes to firm-wide projects including new fund launches and process enhancements across the firm’s rapidly growing platform.
Job Description:
• Coordinate with the investment team to understand changes to the portfolio and proactively manage the implications on the funds’ liquidity and leverage facilities.
• Work with custodians & financing providers daily in support of the funds’ various financing structures.
• Prepare weekly reporting and conduct ad-hoc analysis around fund liquidity, leverage and investment capacity.
• Assist with securities lending relationships, provide color to the desk, coordinate borrow requests, executing financing transactions, reviewing reporting, and mitigating risk.
• Ensure debt and cash are utilized efficiently across multiple funds.
• Model the impact of new financings on fund returns, leverage, capacity, and portfolio construction.
• Assist with group projects to streamline new/existing processes and reduce upstream and downstream risks.
• Collaborate closely with IT, Infrastructure, Legal and Compliance to facilitate portfolio activity and optimize financing.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience at an asset manager, hedge fund, or broker dealer
- Direct experience with prime brokerage margin finance, swap, repo, securities lending, or general finance
