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)
Who We Are
Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.
Our Culture
At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.
#LI-DC1