Agency Lending North America Trading, Vice President
About The Position
State Street’s award-winning Agency Lending team is a global leader in Securities Finance and a flagship product within their Global Markets business. They provide innovative financing solutions in a $3.97 trillion industry that supports liquidity across global financial markets. The team generates over $1.2 billion in annualized revenue for more than 225 active clients, including some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, and pension funds, who entrust them with over $5 trillion in lendable inventory. Their trading desks operate across six global locations, engaging with over 150 banks, brokers, and investment managers in 37 lending markets. Traders drive client revenue by lending securities in exchange for fees, leveraging a wide range of data inputs—from macroeconomic trends to company-specific events—to price and manage trades throughout their lifecycle. This role is seeking a dynamic and strategic Vice President to join the Agency Lending team within the Securities Finance division. The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with deep expertise in securities lending, a strong understanding of global financial markets, and a proven ability to drive business growth while managing risk. They should be a collaborative leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can build strong relationships with institutional clients, internal stakeholders, and external counterparts. This role offers significant exposure to cross-functional teams and leadership opportunities within a collaborative and talent-focused environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Securities Finance or a related trading role
- Deep understanding of corporate action trading fundamentals preferred
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to lead and mentor in a team environment
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic setting
- Proficiency in QlikView, VBA, Python (Pandas/Numpy), or similar tools
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, STEM, or related discipline
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrate strong management potential, as leadership capability is key to success in this role
- Has excellent verbal and written communication skills to build relationships with counterparties and clients
- Seeks to find ways to drive productivity and efficiencies
- Accepts feedback to continually develop and improve
- Problem solver
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the agency lending program, including oversight of lending strategies, collateral management, and client servicing.
- Meet revenue targets and achieve optimal return to lendable assets for clients while managing within appropriate risk limits
- Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive landscape to inform strategic decisions of our lending program
- Proactively engage with subject matter experts to glean business and market knowledge
- Maintain and enhance relationships with clients, and counterparties.
- Evaluate collateral options in terms of both value and risk, and provide cash liquidity where applicable
- Innovate and explore ways to improve current systems and processes
- Collaborate with trading, operations, legal, compliance, and risk management teams to ensure seamless execution
- Represent the firm at industry events, conferences, and client meetings to promote the agency lending platform.
- Comply and adhere to all global trading procedures
Benefits
- Competitive salary and opportunity for discretionary bonus
- Paid day off for birthday on us
- Numerous benefits including 401k, healthcare, dental plan, legal and identity theft coverage
- Wellbeing and health programs
- Mentoring schemes
- Personal development opportunities and extensive web-based training catalogue
- Global inclusion, global outreach and corporate citizenship programs including volunteering
- Dynamic and diverse international and multi-cultural working environment
- our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
- paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
- access to our Employee Assistance Program
- incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
