Trading Analyst - Python

Tradermath; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading proprietary trading firm in the UK is seeking a Trading Analyst to support its Options Market Making business. Your responsibilities will include scripting jobs, trading data analysis, and collaborating with traders to enhance trading strategies. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical skills and a proactive interest in financial markets. The firm offers a competitive compensation package, annual bonuses, generous leave allowances, and numerous employee perks, including private healthcare and on-site gym facilities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Annual discretionary bonus

Enhanced annual leave

Fully catered meals

Private healthcare and life assurance

On-site private gym

Monthly company events

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate a wide interest in financial markets.
• Ability to take responsibility in a successful firm.

Responsibilities

• Support trading desks in scripting jobs and data analysis.
• Collaborate with traders to design trading strategies.
• Proactively support operational tasks on trading desks.

Skills

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Outstanding numerical and analytical skills

Proactive interest in improving trading strategies

Attention to detail

Job description

Trading Analyst - Python - Options Market Making at Maven Securities

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhancing our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve financial markets' operations.

THE ROLE: We are looking for a Trading Analyst to join our Options Market Making business. The eligible candidate will be responsible for supporting the trading desks in scripting jobs, trading data analysis and operational tasks.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Day-to-day responsibility for scripts that support the trading activity
• Working with traders to design and improve trading strategies through data analysis, prototyping as well as collaboration with developers
• Proactively supporting operational tasks on the trading desks
• To comply with all applicable Compliance policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to demonstrate wider interest in financial markets
• Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
• Proactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunities
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firm
• Excellent attention to detail
• Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability

What we can offer you:

• Competitive compensation package
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Enhanced annual leave allowance after 2+ years’ service
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Fully catered breakfast, lunch, and snacks prepared by an in-house chef
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• On-site private gym with instructor-led classes including boxing, yoga, and more
• Monthly company events and social activities

Maven implements both fundamental and quantitative trading & market making strategies across global financial markets, utilising only the group’s capital. We see ourselves just as much a technology firm as a multi-strat trading firm. We aim to equip our traders with the best tools we can. We channel the advances in computer learning, processing power and network capacity into streamlining and improving all aspects of the trading operation, from front office to settlements. This is paired with meticulous and attentive execution and conservative risk management.