Job Description
Join our dynamic finance team at Cleveland Financial Partners as an Equity Options Data Analyst. You'll transform complex market data into actionable insights that drive our trading strategies and client solutions. This role sits at the intersection of finance, data science, and technology in one of America's fastest-growing financial hubs. Collaborate with quantitative analysts and traders to optimize option pricing models and identify market inefficiencies.
Responsibilities
- Analyze equity options market data using SQL, Python, and R to identify pricing anomalies and trading opportunities
- Develop and maintain automated data pipelines for real-time options pricing and volatility surfaces
- Create interactive dashboards using Tableau/Power BI to visualize option Greeks, implied volatilities, and risk exposures
- Collaborate with quants to validate option pricing models and backtest trading strategies
- Monitor regulatory compliance in options trading and document data governance protocols
- Present complex analytical findings to senior stakeholders through executive reports and presentations
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field
- 3+ years experience in equity derivatives data analysis or quantitative finance
- Expert proficiency in SQL and Python (Pandas, NumPy) for data manipulation
- Strong understanding of options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial) and Greeks
- Experience with market data vendors (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and option chains
- Advanced Excel skills with VBA and financial modeling capabilities
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and containerization (Docker)