Job Description
Join our dynamic finance team as a Senior Equity Options Data Analyst and drive strategic insights in one of America's most vibrant financial hubs. This immediate hire opportunity offers the chance to work with cutting-edge market data and sophisticated trading systems. You'll be pivotal in transforming complex equity options data into actionable intelligence for institutional clients and proprietary trading desks. Our Atlanta-based office fosters collaboration between quants, traders, and technology teams in a fast-paced environment where your analytical skills directly impact trading strategies.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and interpret equity options market data to identify pricing anomalies and arbitrage opportunities
- Develop and maintain automated data pipelines for real-time options pricing and volatility surfaces
- Build financial models for options valuation (Black-Scholes, Binomial, Monte Carlo) and risk assessment
- Collaborate with traders to design and backtest options trading strategies using historical data
- Create interactive dashboards and visualizations for monitoring options positions and market trends
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis for regulatory reporting and client portfolio reviews
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field (Master's preferred)
- 3+ years of experience analyzing equity derivatives data, specifically options pricing
- Proficiency in SQL, Python (Pandas, NumPy), and R for financial data manipulation
- Strong understanding of options Greeks, volatility surfaces, and market microstructure
- Experience with Bloomberg Terminal, OptionMetrics, or similar financial data platforms
- Expertise in statistical modeling and machine learning techniques for financial applications
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative concepts to non-technical stakeholders