Margin & Collateral Automation Specialist

Hudson River Trading; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Margin and Collateral Specialist to join our PostTrade team in New York. You will own daily margin data management, reconciliation, and collateral workflows to support risk, funding, and capital across asset classes.

You will collaborate with engineering and trading partners to design scalable automated processes, document margin mappings, onboard new counterparties, and stay ahead of evolving margin models and broker reporting practices.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a Collateral, Margin, or Treasury function.
• Strong understanding of margining practices and products (OTC derivatives, futures, cleared swaps).
• Ability to design and optimize tools in collaboration with engineering teams; SQL and/or Python familiarity is a plus.
• Clear communicator with strong documentation habits and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily collateral functions around margin data management, margin reconciliation and handling disputes.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to support margin replication, cost of capital analytics, and reconciliation workflows.
• Architect and maintain a centralized margin and collateral data platform for external margin data storage.
• Document and maintain margin mappings and controls.
• Support onboarding of new counterparties and ensuring data integration aligns with system architecture.
• Stay informed about evolving margin models and broker reporting practices and help translate them into scalable internal systems.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Detail-oriented

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Automation-focused

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Margin and Collateral Specialist to join our PostTrade team in New York. You will own daily margin data management, reconciliation, and collateral workflows to support risk, funding, and capital across asset classes.

You will collaborate with engineering and trading partners to design scalable automated processes, document margin mappings, onboard new counterparties, and stay ahead of evolving margin models and broker reporting practices.