Financing Junior

Macquarie Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Parental leave (26 weeks)

Fertility leave

Volunteer leave

Learning & development support

Hybrid & flexible working

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a professional to support SFT financing activities, securities lending, and treasury operations. The role focuses on managing funding, liquidity, and collateral while mitigating trading risks and engaging with market counterparties to drive efficiency and automation.

The successful candidate will have 2+ years in SFT financing, strong understanding of related risk factors, and experience with Excel and Python to enable automation and analytics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in SFT financing, Securities Borrowing & Lending, Repo, Treasury, or a related financing role.
• Strong understanding of financing products, collateral management, and risk management, including interest rate, FX, basis, balance sheet, and liquidity risk.
• Advanced Excel skills and Python (or similar) programming experience, with an interest in automation, AI-enabled tools, analytics, and process improvement.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving capabilities, with sound judgment and the ability to assess risk versus reward.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging clients, brokers, custodians, institutional lenders, and other market counterparties; additional languages are advantageous.
• Familiarity with the SFT trade lifecycle, settlement processes, fails and recalls, and the ability to manage negotiations and competing priorities accurately under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Active management of securities inventory, funding, liquidity, and collateral while monitoring and communicating trading risks, market developments, and business opportunities to key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with counterparties and clients, contributing to the team's risk management framework through disciplined trading practices and strong operational controls.
• Support process improvement initiatives, leveraging data analytics and AI-driven solutions to enhance workflow efficiency and automation.

Skills

SFT financing

Financing products

Collateral management

Excel

Python

Automation

Risk management

Client engagement

Languages

Tools

Python

Job description

In this role, you will contribute to business growth by supporting the sales and trading team in executing its strategy to generate value for internal and external clients. You will play an active role in supporting the desk, sourcing funding, and/or securities, engaging with counterparties/clients, monitoring trading risk, and supporting the development of technology-enabled tools and processes that enhance trading efficiency, controls, and scalability.

We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

On a day-to-day basis, the role involves actively managing securities inventory, funding, liquidity, and collateral, while monitoring and communicating trading risks, market developments, and business opportunities to key stakeholders. The individual is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with counterparties and clients, contributing to the team's risk management framework through disciplined trading practices and strong operational controls. The role also supports process improvement initiatives, leveraging data analytics and AI-driven solutions to enhance workflow efficiency and automation.

What You Offer

• 2+ years’ experience in SFT financing, Securities Borrowing & Lending, Repo, Treasury, or a related financing role.
• Strong understanding of financing products, collateral management, and risk management, including interest rate, FX, basis, balance sheet, and liquidity risk.
• Advanced Excel skills and Python (or similar) programming experience, with an interest in automation, AI-enabled tools, analytics, and process improvement.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving capabilities, with sound judgment and the ability to assess risk versus reward.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging clients, brokers, custodians, institutional lenders, and other market counterparties; additional languages are advantageous.
• Familiarity with the SFT trade lifecycle, settlement processes, fails and recalls, and the ability to manage negotiations and competing priorities accurately under time pressure.

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.

What We Offer

Benefits

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days of annual leave.
• 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Paid fertility leave for those undergoing or supporting fertility treatment
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Access to a wide range of salary sacrificing options
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including, comprehensive medical and life insurance cover
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Access to company funded emergency and backup dependent care services
• Recognition and service awards
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Commodities and Global Markets

Commodities and Global Markets is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to its diverse client base across Commodities, Financial Markets and Asset Finance.

Inclusion at Macquarie

We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of their identity, including age, disability, neurodiversity, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, parental status, race (including ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, or socio-economic background.

We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.