Securities Financing Trader / Collateral Trading

The Secured Financing business at Macquarie is a rapidly growing business. It primarily trades repo and securities lending to manage funding, liquidity, collateral and regulatory metrics for the markets facing businesses across equities and fixed income securities.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 55 years of unbroken profitability. You'll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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You will be instrumental to drive business growth and execute on its strategy. You will also help expand the collateral trading and funding management capabilities of the business across both equities and fixed Income securities. You will be expected to have strong experience and understanding across a wide spectrum of collateral and funding trading products and will work in close collaboration with multiple internal stakeholders and develop a network of external clients to deliver business outcomes.

What you offer

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• Strong verbal and written communication skills and analytical thinking/mathematical acumen will be critical to your role
• Prior trading experience (ideally 6+ years) of Securities Lending across Equities and Fixed Income in a funding/collateral trading role will be essential.
• Prior experience of fixed income short coverage will be beneficial
• Good knowledge of hedging FX exposures and optimising for FX basis will be important
• A good level of understanding of key regulatory concepts (Liquid Coverage Ratio, Net Stable Funding Ratio, Capital, Balance Sheet) will be important
• Capability of building workflows (Power BI, Dataiku), basic VBA coding and/or Python will be beneficial.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

About Commodities and Global Markets

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In Commodities and Global Markets you will be part of a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to a diverse client base.

Benefits

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Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• One wellbeing leave day per year and minimum 25 days of annual leave
• Primary carers are eligible for minimum 20 weeks paid leave and minimum 6 weeks for secondary carer
• Paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioral health network with counseling and coaching services
• Recognition and service awards

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion. As an inclusive employer, Macquarie does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race (including color and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief.