Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Equity Options Data Analyst to join our growing team in Indianapolis, IN. This is an Immediate Hire position offering a competitive salary and the chance to work with top-tier financial data.
As a key member of our analytics team, you will drive data-driven decisions that impact our options trading strategies. You will be responsible for managing large-scale datasets, building predictive models, and providing actionable insights to senior management.
Key Highlights:
• Immediate Start
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Competitive Salary & Benefits
• Exposure to Real-Time Market Data
Responsibilities
- Analyze vast volumes of equity options data to identify market trends, volatility surfaces, and pricing discrepancies.
- Develop and maintain Python/R pipelines for data ingestion, cleaning, and transformation using SQL databases.
- Build interactive dashboards (Tableau/PowerBI) to visualize complex financial metrics for traders and risk managers.
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers to backtest options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial).
- Monitor and report on key risk metrics, including Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta) and open interest.
- Ensure data integrity and accuracy across all financial reporting systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) and SQL for data manipulation.
- Deep understanding of options pricing theory, volatility modeling, and derivative products.
- Experience with financial data APIs (Bloomberg, Reuters, Polygon.io) is highly preferred.
- Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills in a high-pressure environment.
- Ability to communicate complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders effectively.