Company: State Street Bank
Location: London
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you will oversee real-time risk for Securities Financing activities, including Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending. You collaborate with Trading and Finance to assess collateral, margin, and risk across hedge fund and client portfolios. You will run intraday and end-of-day risk reviews and contribute to risk framework improvements in a fast-paced, front-office environment. This position offers an opportunity to influence risk decisions and support liquidity and financing strategies at a leading institutional provider.
Pay / Benefits
- generous medical care
- insurance and savings plans
- flexible Work Programs
- development programs and educational support
- paid volunteer days
- matching gift programs
Responsibilities
- Perform intraday and end-of-day risk monitoring of hedge fund and financing portfolios
- Assess collateral sufficiency and margin adequacy for Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending exposures
- Analyze portfolio risks including leverage, liquidity, concentration, and financing exposures
- Review and challenge margin methodologies, evaluating sensitivity to volatility, liquidity, and concentration risks
- Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis to assess tail-risk events and liquidity shocks
- Monitor risk limits and escalate breaches with risk-based recommendations
- Partner with Trading, Prime Brokerage, and Securities Finance teams to evaluate client and portfolio risk
- Support risk assessments for new client onboarding and due diligence reviews
- Contribute to enhancement of risk frameworks, margin models, and stress-testing methodologies
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative discipline
- 3+ years of experience in Prime Brokerage, Securities Financing, or Margin Risk Management
- Strong understanding of hedge fund portfolio risk across equity, credit, and relative-value strategies
- Experience evaluating portfolio leverage, liquidity, financing, and collateral risks
- Working knowledge of margin methodologies including Reg T, portfolio margin, and house margin models
- Demonstrated ability to make risk decisions and communicate effectively with front-office teams and clients
- Understanding of trade settlement processes and Prime Brokerage give-up mechanics
- effective communication with front-office teams and clients
- strong judgment and independence in fast-paced environments
- cross-functional collaboration and teamwork
- Bloomberg or similar market data platforms
- TS Imagine or similar risk platforms
- Python or other quantitative programming languages
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Posted: September 14th, 2026