Securities Finance & Derivatives Specialist

Aware Super; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing support

Work from home tech reimbursement

Salary continuance insurance

Organisation-wide meeting-free zones

Job summary

Aware Super is seeking an experienced securities finance specialist to enhance our internalised securities finance function within the Liquidity & Markets team. You will work across financing, derivatives and collateral management to drive better investment outcomes for our 1.1 million members.

You will develop scalable processes, strengthen market relationships and identify opportunities across global markets while leveraging AI and automation to improve efficiency and control frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial markets or institutional investment.
• Hands-on experience with derivatives execution and portfolio management.
• Strong understanding of transaction lifecycle, collateral, financing, and counterparty risk.

Responsibilities

• Support securities finance strategies across asset classes using physical and synthetic instruments.
• Execute and manage full lifecycle of derivatives and physical transactions, including collateral and trade implementation.
• Conduct market, portfolio and relative-value analysis to identify opportunities and risks.
• Build relationships with broker-dealers, banks, and service providers to support execution and market intelligence.
• Drive AI, automation and process improvements to enhance efficiency and control frameworks.

Skills

5+ years experience

Derivatives execution

Portfolio management

Risk awareness

AI & automation mindset

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Aladdin

Job description

Aware Super is seeking an experienced securities finance specialist to enhance our internalised securities finance function within the Liquidity & Markets team. You will work across financing, derivatives and collateral management to drive better investment outcomes for our 1.1 million members.

You will develop scalable processes, strengthen market relationships and identify opportunities across global markets while leveraging AI and automation to improve efficiency and control frameworks.