Senior Securities Finance Specialist

Are you looking to shape the future of a growing Securities Finance business?

Join our growing global Securities Finance & Collateral Management team in Zurich.

We are part of our market-leading Structured Solutions unit, running global top-class trading and distribution operations in Structured Notes and Warrants products.

We are a tech-savvy, agile and highly collaborative team responsible for the bank's Securities Lending and Collateral Management activities across multiple entities throughout the Vontobel Group and with our partners.

Unlike heavier organisations where responsibilities are divided across multiple departments, our team integrates the full securities financing value chain. This creates a unique opportunity to gain broad exposure, take ownership and make a visible impact on the future direction of the business.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining market expertise, technology and commercial thinking to help build the next generation of our Securities Finance business.

Your role:

• Managing Securities Lending trading activities, including inventory management, pricing, execution and counterparty interaction
• Developing and expanding the bank's Securities Lending programme by working directly with institutional asset owners and, together with our Relationship Managers, identifying opportunities to increase participation from private banking clients and grow lendable asset pools
• Playing a key role in the deployment of our upcoming cutting-edge front-to-back Securities Finance platform
• Building long-term relationships with institutional clients, counterparties, custodians, central counterparties, triparty agents and other market infrastructure providers
• Supporting Collateral Management activities across OTC derivatives, listed derivatives and Securities Lending transactions, ensuring efficient collateral allocation, funding and liquidity management
• Contributing to Securities Finance trade support and lifecycle management, including the timely resolution of exceptions and complex operational events
• Collaborating closely with Trading, Treasury, Risk, Legal, Operations and Technology to deliver scalable and efficient business solutions

You bring:

• Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Finance, Economics, Computer Science or a related discipline
• Solid experience in Securities Lending Trading and/or Sales including beneficial owner relationship management
• Solid experience in Collateral Management across OTC derivatives, listed derivatives and securities financing transactions
• Proven technical affinity and experience with coding and agentic tools
• Market savviness and ecosystem knowledge
• Appetite for the bigger picture, ideas to take the franchise further, openness and willingness for rapid career evolution
• Affinity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a willingness to embrace AI-enabled tools and ways of working

The ideal candidate combines a commercial mindset with a hands-on technical approach. You are equally comfortable discussing a new Securities Lending opportunity with a client, owning the launch of a new market, evaluating a new trading platform or improving an internal process or stepping in to resolve a complex operational issue at short notice.

What do we offer?

• Friendly, diverse team in an open-office space

• All the latest technology to help you excel and advance

• Agile environment in how we think, the way we work and our trust for each other

• Flat hierarchy with collaboration at all levels

We are looking for talented people, not just a CV that ticks all the boxes. Even if you do not have absolutely everything we have asked for, if this role sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.

At Vontobel, you are building better futures for our clients and society, as well as for yourself. By 2030, we want to be known as one of the leading and most trusted global investment firms. We have 2,300+ engaged professionals, based in over 25 locations globally and headquartered in Zurich.

Thank you for applying to Vontobel. We will carefully review your application and will respond to you in a timely manner.

At Vontobel, we are an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

We value the many voices within our teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone who wants to be part of our performance culture can be themselves. It is based on mutual respect and zero tolerance for any form of discrimination.

If you have any questions you can contact us through our contact form.