Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- Have 3-7 years of related securities financing experience at a bank or buy-side firm
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Role Summary
The Financing Specialist supports and develops Jane Street's APAC financing capabilities across multiple asset classes. The role combines collaboration on trading decisions with work to develop the firm's longer-term financing strategy.
What You'll Do
- Improve financing capacity by increasing access to inventory, identifying workflow inefficiencies and reducing costs.
- Collaborate with trading desks on real-time and strategic trading decisions.
- Maintain and develop relationships with prime brokers and other external financing counterparties.
- Help form longer-term financing strategy by improving and expanding financing activity.
- Assess firmwide financing constraints and compare opportunities through cost-benefit analysis.
- Use technical skills to build and improve infrastructure supporting financing workflows and initiatives.
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View full postingQualifications
Requires prior experience developing financing solutions at a bank, broker-dealer or buy-side firm; a strong understanding of Asian market microstructure and mechanics, financing and stock loan markets, and risk in Asian markets and products; experience cultivating and managing relationships with prime brokers and other clearing, execution and financing counterparties; strong analytical skills and technical data analysis experience; intellectual curiosity and motivation to learn; effective communication and teamwork; and fluency in English.
Preferred
- Experience across multiple asset classes and financing structures.
- Fluency in Python, SQL or other programming languages.
Original job description
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Original job description
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About the Position
We are looking for a financing professional to support and develop Jane Street's APAC financing capabilities across multiple asset classes. To thrive in this role, you’ll need prior experience developing financing solutions at a bank, broker-dealer or buy-side firm and strong relationships with prime brokers and counterparties across the spectrum of APAC markets and financing structures.
This role is entrepreneurial—it offers the opportunity to collaborate on immediate trading decisions and develop the firm's longer-term financing strategy. In doing so, you can expect to work with a broad range of internal teams to understand and manage the various constraints of a quantitative trading firm. Additional responsibilities of the role will include:
- Optimising our financing capacity: improving access to inventory, identifying inefficiencies in our workflows, reducing costs
- Collaborating across our trading desks on real-time and strategic trading decisions
- Maintaining and developing relationships with prime brokers and other external financing counterparties
- Helping to form our longer-term financing strategy by improving and expanding our financing activity
- Understanding our firmwide financing constraints and comparing financing opportunities using in-depth cost-benefit analysis
- Applying your technical skills to help build and improve infrastructure supporting our financing workflows and initiatives
About You
- Have 3-7 years of related securities financing experience at a bank or buy-side firm
- Have a strong understanding of Asian market microstructure and mechanics, financing and stock loan markets; having experience across multiple asset classes and financing structures is a plus
- Have a strong understanding and appreciation of risk and risk consequences in the context of Asian markets and products
- Excited and able to cultivate and manage relationships with prime brokers and other clearing, execution, and financing counterparties
- Have strong analytical skills and experience performing technical data analysis to solve problems
- Intellectually curious and motivated to learn about how the financing role fits into other areas of the firm
- An effective communicator who works well in a team environment
- Fluency in Python, SQL or other programming languages is a strong plus
- Fluent in English
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About the company
Jane Street
Large Enterprise
Jane Street is a global trading firm that specializes in quantitative and algorithmic trading across various asset classes, including equities, options, and fixed income. Founded in 2000, the company leverages advanced technology and data analytics to drive its trading strategies while maintaining a strong commitment to risk management and collaboration. Known for its dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment, Jane Street also places a high value on continuous learning and professional development, making it an attractive workplace for individuals interested in finance, mathematics, and computer science.