ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for global listed derivatives. We leverage cutting edge execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate.
THE ROLE:
We are seeking a Trading Analyst to join our Options Market Making business. The ideal candidate will work closely with the trading desk, using data manipulation and analytical techniques to create actionable insights and frameworks that support the ongoing refinement and innovation of our trading strategies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Create tools and systems to advance the team’s trading and processes
- Work on projects to improve trading, and automation to support our research, pricing and execution
- Manage day-to-day operations of desk-owned applications that facilitate trading
- Analyse trading strategies and suggest improvements to manage position sizes and risk
- Collaborate with traders to design and refine trading strategies through data analysis and prototyping.
- To comply with all applicable Compliance policies, procedures, laws and regulations
CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:
- Strong Python skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork
- Interest in financial markets.
- Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
- Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firm
- Excellent attention to detail
- Fast problem solving skills
- Knowledge of GIT CI/CD
- Knowledge of additional compiled languages is a plus
- Bachelor's degree or higher in STEM subject
- Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
- Competitive compensation
- Group Pension plan
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Informal dress code
- Private healthcare and life assurance
- Monthly company events
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What We Do
Maven implements both fundamental and quantitative trading & market making strategies across global financial markets, utilising only the group’s capital. We see ourselves just as much a technology firm as a multi-strat trading firm.
We aim to equip our traders with the best tools we can. We channel the advances in computer learning, processing power and network capacity into streamlining and improving all aspects of the trading operation, from front office to settlements. This is paired with meticulous and attentive execution and conservative risk management.
If you would like to learn more about working at Maven please visit: https://www.mavensecurities.com/work-at-maven/
