Job Description
Join our elite team as an Equity Options Data Analyst in New Orleans! This contract role offers daily pay and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge financial data. You'll be instrumental in analyzing complex options trading patterns, supporting our portfolio strategies, and driving data-driven decisions. If you're passionate about finance, data analytics, and want immediate compensation flexibility, this is your dream role. Apply now to join a dynamic firm at the forefront of quantitative finance!
Responsibilities
- Analyze and interpret equity options market data to identify trading opportunities and risks
- Develop and maintain automated data pipelines for real-time options pricing models
- Collaborate with traders to create customized reports on volatility surfaces and Greeks
- Monitor market conditions and alert teams to significant anomalies or trends
- Optimize data visualization tools for executive-level presentations
- Validate data integrity across multiple sources including OIC and exchange feeds
- Support back-testing of options strategies using historical datasets
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Data Science
- 3+ years analyzing equity derivatives or options data
- Expertise in SQL, Python (Pandas, NumPy), and R for financial modeling
- Proficiency with options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial)
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Strong understanding of options Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta)
- Ability to deliver actionable insights under tight deadlines