Job Description
Join our elite finance team as an Equity Options Data Analyst and drive strategic decisions with market intelligence. This immediate hire opportunity in Tucson offers a dynamic environment where you'll transform complex options data into actionable insights. We're seeking a detail-oriented professional to optimize our options trading strategies and enhance risk management frameworks. Enjoy competitive compensation, cutting-edge tools, and collaborative cross-functional partnerships in a rapidly growing fintech firm.
Responsibilities
- Analyze equity options market data using Python/R to identify pricing inefficiencies and trading opportunities
- Develop and maintain automated options pricing models with real-time market data integration
- Collaborate with traders to design backtesting frameworks for new strategies
- Generate comprehensive risk reports highlighting volatility skew and term structure anomalies
- Optimize data pipelines ensuring <95% data accuracy for critical trading operations
- Present findings to executive stakeholders through interactive Tableau dashboards
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science
- 3+ years of options market data analysis experience
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python (Pandas/Numpy), and R
- Deep understanding of Black-Scholes and binomial pricing models
- Certification in financial risk management (FRM) or CFA preferred
- Experience with Bloomberg/Refinitik market data APIs
- Proven track record of optimizing trading strategies through data-driven analysis