Portfolio Finance Associate

The Role 

We are seeking a detail oriented and analytical person to join the team at Schonfeld as a Portfolio Finance Associate under the Treasury team in our Hong Kong office. The team is responsible for the securities lending, financing & clearing counterparty management, capital protection & preservation and other Treasury related aspects of the firm across all asset classes, strategies & regions. You will have a passion for automation and have the drive to enhance our current securities lending and financing platform and help increase the knowledge base of the APAC markets. You will be a team player with the ability to communicate effectively and work well with others across a wide spectrum of disciplines such as portfolio managers, risk, technology and operations.

 

What you’ll do   

• Responsible for all day-to-day equity financing processes including requesting locates, managing borrow rates, and PB allocations.
• Support the APAC Head of Portfolio Finance and Global Treasury team at Schonfeld
• Interact with investment teams, sell side partners, vendors and internal groups to perform daily treasury functions
• Optimize treasury activities and day-to-day workstreams across the equities platform
• Assist in the continued build out of systems & processes to support the Schonfeld treasury platform
• Work on new initiatives in a growth environment

 

 What you’ll bring

 

What you need:

 

• Experience of securities lending, demand and/or supply side, swap trading or delta one experience with buy side and/or sell side relationships
• Understanding of how the APAC markets work
• Understanding of Hedge Fund Strategies
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently
• Desire to develop and own processes end to end
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate and build long-term partnerships
• A growth mindset
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

 

We’d love if you had:

• A major in computer science, math, physics or electrical engineering
• Prior experience building reporting tools and analytics with data aggregation
• Experience in R, KDB, GIT, Python, SQL, Linux, Web Scraping
• Additional language skills (Japanese / Chinese / Korean)

 

Our Culture

The firm’s ethos is embedded in our people. ‘Talent is our strategy’ is our mantra and drives how we approach all initiatives at the firm. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority.

Schonfeld strives to create an environment where our people can thrive. We foster a teamwork-oriented, collaborative environment where ideas at any level are encouraged and shared. The development and advancement of our talent is honed through interactions with each other, learning & educational offerings, and through opportunities to make impactful contributions.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. On a daily basis, our employees welcome diversity across identity, thought, people and views which serves as the foundation of our culture and success. You can learn more about our DEI initiatives here - Belonging @ Schonfeld.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

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