Senior Equity Securities Finance Trader (London)

LGBT Great; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in London seeks an Equity Securities Finance Trader to join the Global Securities Finance Trading team. The role manages and optimises institutional client lending portfolios and executes equity securities lending transactions across a diverse client base.

The successful candidate collaborates with borrowers, brokers and internal partners to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns, strengthen relationships and contribute to ongoing capability development in equity financing.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of securities lending and equity finance markets.
• Commercial mindset to identify revenue opportunities.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills across trading and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills for pricing, borrow demand and revenue attribution.
• Proficient Excel; data analysis and portfolio analytics.
• Familiarity with Python, SQL and Power BI is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day trading activity across institutional equity securities lending portfolios.
• Build and maintain relationships with borrowers, prime brokers, banks and intermediaries.
• Identify and monetise lending opportunities across collateral, specials, corporate actions and market events.
• Monitor utilization, fees, borrower demand, liquidity and revenue performance.
• Collaborate with sales, product and client executives to grow opportunities.
• Prepare market commentary, performance attribution and internal reporting.
• Ensure best execution, fiduciary standards and client guidelines.

Skills

Securities lending

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal leadership

Analytical & quantitative

Excel

Python/SQL/Power BI

Tools

Trading systems

Job description

Northern Trust in London seeks an Equity Securities Finance Trader to join the Global Securities Finance Trading team. The role manages and optimises institutional client lending portfolios and executes equity securities lending transactions across a diverse client base.

The successful candidate collaborates with borrowers, brokers and internal partners to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns, strengthen relationships and contribute to ongoing capability development in equity financing.