Job Description
Join our dynamic finance team as an Equity Options Data Analyst and drive critical insights for our trading operations. This immediate hire contract role requires expertise in options pricing models, market data analysis, and financial reporting. You'll collaborate with traders and risk managers to optimize strategies and ensure regulatory compliance. If you're passionate about data-driven decision-making in fast-paced financial markets, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Analyze equity options pricing data using statistical models and machine learning techniques
- Develop automated reports and dashboards for trading performance and risk metrics
- Validate and clean large datasets from market feeds and internal systems
- Support options strategy backtesting and scenario analysis
- Collaborate with IT to maintain data pipelines and ensure data integrity
- Present findings to senior stakeholders using data visualization tools
- Monitor market volatility and correlation impacts on options portfolios
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
- 3+ years experience in equity options data analysis or quantitative finance
- Proficiency in SQL, Python (Pandas, NumPy), and R
- Expertise in options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial Trees)
- Experience with market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv)
- Strong knowledge of derivatives regulations and market conventions
- Advanced Excel skills with VBA for automation
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)