Senior Analyst Securities Lending Operations

Vanguard; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in the United Kingdom is looking for a professional to support the Global Securities Lending Programme. The role involves ensuring operational excellence throughout the securities lending trade lifecycle, particularly in the EMEA markets. Key responsibilities include managing relationships with lending traders, ensuring accurate settlements, and driving process improvements. Candidates should have previous experience in securities lending and a degree in Accounting or Finance. This position offers a hybrid working model and emphasizes collaboration within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Experience in securities lending, financing, or investment operations.
• Ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively.
• Strong analytical skills in transaction and portfolio data.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth settlement throughout stock loan trade cycle.
• Partner with lending traders to support operational excellence.
• Drive process improvements and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Reconcile and process corporate actions with counterparties.
• Support ad hoc requests from trading desk.

Skills

Experience in securities lending

Relationship management

Operational excellence

Process improvement

Education

Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

This position supports the Global Securities Lending Programme, ensuring operational excellence across the securities lending trade lifecycle in international markets, with particular emphasis on EMEA markets. The role is accountable for ensuring settlement accuracy, mitigating risk, and delivering continuous process improvements within a fast‑paced, collaborative environment. It emphasizes strong relationship management and close partnership with EMEA lending traders to deliver seamless execution and strategic alignment.

Core Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth settlement throughout the stock loan trade cycle, including collateral collection, monitoring new loan settlements, returns, and managing critical broker recalls.
• Partner closely with lending traders to strengthen collaboration, support operational excellence, and deliver on strategic priorities.
• Reconcile and process mandatory corporate actions. Monitor, protect and execute voluntary corporate actions with counterparties.
• Identify and resolve operational challenges; drive process improvements and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Support ad hoc requests from the trading desk and contribute to the development of operational capabilities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with custodians and external counterparties to ensure seamless operations and optimal service delivery.
• Maintain rigorous adherence to established controls, policies, and procedures to mitigate risk.
• Serve as subject matter and technical expert; identify and resolve complex fund and investment operational issues. Analyze cash flow, transaction, and portfolio holdings data.
• Lead process improvement efforts, complete comprehensive analysis, and recommend solutions.
• Document procedures across all fund and investment product types. Leverage fund and investment operational knowledge to aid in the production of gold copy data and enhance output.
• Maintain communication with internal and external partners to resolve process and reconciliation issues. Oversee the research and implement complex process improvements.
• Oversee daily operation, manage controls, and verify completion of processes.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and proactively propose solutions.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working within securities lending, securities financing or investment operations.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience within Accounting or Finance.

Benefits

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in‑person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission‑driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long‑term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.