ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Background & purpose of role:
- CMC Markets strives to provide the best trading experience for a wide spectrum of clients to participate in the financial markets. In order to expand this team, we are looking for an experienced Senior Quantitative Analyst to coach and mentor others whilst contributing fully towards our shared goals.
- Our Quants have responsibility for pricing models covering an expanding product range and also work to optimise CMC’s risk management strategies.
- This role will offer a varied and fast-paced working environment, regularly interacting with the dealing, operations, risk and IT development teams. This is an excellent opportunity to be sitting in the core of the business and develop a deep understanding of the Market Making financial industry.
Key responsibilities:
- Coach, mentor and help grow an existing team of Quantitative Analysts.
- Develop and maintain pricing models for brand new and increasingly complex products.
- Work with other Team Leads and Senior members of Quantitative Strategies on dealing strategy improvement.
- Work with the Development teams to implement and improve pricing and risk management algorithms.
- Maintain personal/professional development to meet the changing demands of the role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training.
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality.
What We Do
CMC Markets is a leading global provider of online trading and investing, with a comprehensive retail, professional and institutional offering. Established in 1989, headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange, we have offices in Australia, China, Singapore, and across Europe. Over 1m traders and investors* worldwide have access to our proprietary platforms, native mobile trading apps, and MetaTrader 4. Our clients can trade on a huge range of financial instruments through our award-winning spread betting, CFD and share trading platforms**. We provide transparent, competitive pricing, market insights, and dedicated, 24/5 customer service. *1.388 million unique user logins for the CMC Markets invest and CFD platforms globally, as at August 2023. **Awards include: No.1 Web Platform & No.1 Most Currency Pairs, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2023; Best Forex Broker, Good Money Guide Awards 2023; Best In-House Analysts, Professional Trader Awards 2023; CFD Provider of the Year, Investors' Chronicle/Financial Times Celebration of Investment Awards 2023; No.1 Platform Technology, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2022; Best Mobile Trading Platform, ADVFN International Financial Awards 2022. Disclaimer: Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 68% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets, CFDs, OTC options or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Professional clients: Countdowns carry risk to any capital invested. These products are not suitable for all investors. CMC does not endorse, control or take responsibility for any third party content on or linked to this account. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment or other advice on which reliance should be placed
