Securities Lending Business Analyst

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for two Securities Lending Business Analysts for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial clients in lower Manhattan, NY. This will be a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days onsite. One of the BAs needs to work onsite. For the right candidate, the BA can be remote.

Responsibilities:

• Support a Systems Replacement project with Securities Lending

Required Skills:

1. Extensive knowledge of the securities lending business and other securities financing transactions ?
2. Previous hands-on experience in building securities lending transaction processing systems including: ?

• Deep knowledge of the front-to-back securities lending IT flows that will be needed to craft vendor questionnaires, including ?
  • Front office processes:?
    • Transaction entry?
    • Securities lending order management?
    • Inventory management - deep knowledge of stock record systems (BPS, Gloss, etc.)?
    • Book optimization?
  • Settlement processes?
  • Corporate action processes?
  • Collateral management processes?
    • cash and non-cash exposure management - including experience with Equilend, Pirum, triparty agents, etc.?
  • Finance/product control processes?
    • Interest accrual processing ?
    • Ledger posting models?
    • Balance sheet and other accounting treatment - IFRS, US GAAP treatment, etc.?
  • Market, liquidity, and counterparty risk processes?
    • Agency lender disclosure of principal?
  • Regulatory reporting processes?
    • SFTR?
    • 10c-1a?
• Understanding of non-functional requirements of securities lending systems (volume levels, SLAs, etc.)?

1. Extensive knowledge of IT vendor management in this domain, including: ?

• Knowledge of competitive landscape in the securities lending transaction processing space?
• Experience working with TPRM teams and understanding the control function reviews required under a TPRM process?
• In depth understanding of typical infosec/cybersecurity/IT-infrastructure requirements for vendor ?
• Hands-on former experience in creating extensive vendor RFPs?

1. Experience in managing working groups spanning many stakeholders. Skill/experience would include: ?

• Deep understanding of the structure of securities lending front office and all support organizations in a major sell-side bank setting?
• Extensive experience with negotiating scope across multiple stakeholder groups and leading by influence?
• Ability to minute working groups in a concise yet comprehensive manner?

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