Senior Securities Lending Specialist

Job Title: Senior Securities Lending Specialist

Location: UAE (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Level: Senior

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Senior Securities Lending Specialist to manage securities lending activities, optimize lending revenue, and support efficient collateral and inventory management. This role involves coordinating securities loans and returns, monitoring collateral requirements, managing counterparty exposures, and ensuring compliance with contractual, operational, and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of securities lending, capital markets, collateral management, and post-trade operations, with excellent analytical skills and the ability to work effectively with trading desks, custodians, counterparties, and risk teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the daily lifecycle of securities lending and borrowing transactions, including trade booking, confirmations, settlements, returns, and recalls.
• Coordinate with borrowers, lenders, brokers, custodians, and internal trading teams to facilitate efficient securities lending operations.
• Monitor available securities inventory, borrowing requirements, utilization levels, and lending opportunities to support revenue generation.
• Analyze lending demand, market availability, utilization rates, and fee structures to identify opportunities to improve returns.
• Support the negotiation and review of lending rates, rebates, collateral terms, and transaction conditions within approved parameters.
• Monitor collateral positions, margin requirements, eligibility criteria, haircuts, and concentration limits to ensure adequate protection against counterparty exposure.
• Coordinate collateral substitutions, margin calls, corporate action processing, and collateral settlements.
• Review and reconcile securities positions, cash balances, collateral movements, and transaction records across internal systems and external counterparties.
• Investigate settlement failures, trade discrepancies, unmatched transactions, and collateral disputes, ensuring timely resolution.
• Monitor corporate actions affecting loaned securities, including dividends, interest payments, stock splits, mergers, and other entitlement events.
• Ensure transactions comply with relevant contractual arrangements, internal policies, market conventions, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support the administration and review of securities lending agreements, including Global Master Securities Lending Agreements (GMSLAs) and other relevant documentation.
• Assess counterparty exposure and collaborate with credit risk, market risk, compliance, and treasury teams to address emerging risks.
• Prepare daily, monthly, and periodic reports covering lending activity, utilization, revenue, collateral sufficiency, and operational performance.
• Maintain accurate trade records, collateral documentation, settlement evidence, and audit trails.
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows, improve reconciliation accuracy, and strengthen securities lending controls.
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, and periodic assessments of securities lending processes.
• Provide guidance to junior team members and contribute to process improvements and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in securities lending, prime brokerage, collateral management, securities operations, or capital markets.
• Strong understanding of securities lending and borrowing, settlement processes, collateral management, and transaction lifecycle events.
• Familiarity with equities, fixed-income securities, exchange-traded funds, and other eligible lending instruments.
• Experience monitoring lending fees, rebates, utilization, inventory availability, and revenue performance.
• Knowledge of collateral arrangements, margin requirements, valuation haircuts, and counterparty risk controls.
• Familiarity with securities settlement infrastructure, custodians, central securities depositories, and relevant market practices.
• Understanding of corporate actions and their impact on loaned securities and borrower obligations.
• Knowledge of UAE financial services requirements and international securities lending standards is an advantage.
• Relevant qualifications such as CFA, CISI, or other recognized capital markets certifications are desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and securities lending or collateral management platforms; experience with SQL, VBA, or reporting automation tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage time-sensitive transactions, competing priorities, and operational deadlines in a remote environment.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Accuracy and timeliness of securities lending trade processing and settlement.
• Securities lending revenue and utilization performance against agreed targets.
• Reduction in settlement failures, unmatched trades, and unresolved operational breaks.
• Accuracy of collateral allocation, margin monitoring, and reconciliation activities.
• Timely resolution of recalls, collateral disputes, and counterparty queries.
• Compliance with contractual obligations, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Effectiveness of inventory utilization and lending opportunity identification.
• Accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and transaction documentation.
• Reduction in operational errors and recurring control deficiencies.
• Contribution to process automation, operational efficiency, and revenue optimization.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and technical expertise.
• Fully remote working arrangements.
• Opportunities to work across securities lending, collateral management, and capital markets operations.
• Professional development and support for relevant industry qualifications.
• A collaborative environment focused on operational excellence, risk management, and commercial performance.
• Opportunities to contribute to process optimization and strategic securities financing initiatives.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in securities lending, collateral management, trade lifecycle operations, and capital markets systems.

Please include examples of lending transactions managed, settlement or collateral issues resolved, revenue optimization initiatives, or process improvements you have contributed to where appropriate.

• Email Subject Line: Application – Senior Securities Lending Specialist (UAE Remote)