Quantitative Support Analyst

CMC Markets ANZ; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Zero trading fees for staff

Learning & development

Wellbeing hub access

Office culture & events

Job summary

CMC Markets is seeking a Quantitative Support Analyst to join the Quants team. This hands-on, desk-facing role sits between Options traders, Quants, Business Operations and Technology, providing functional support for the Options trading system and related front office workflows.

You’ll support BAU processes, automate tasks, and elevate development work with Python. The role involves collaboration with London stakeholders and a strong focus on quantitative trading strategies and analytics.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science or equivalent.
• 2–3 years in front office or trading application support in financial markets.
• Strong mathematical understanding of time series analysis and statistics.
• Experience with trading systems and related technology platforms.
• Proficient Python scripting to read, debug and enhance scripts.

Responsibilities

• Provide desk-facing functional and technical support for the Options trading system and related workflows.
• Investigate and resolve trading system, workflow, data and user issues.
• Liaise with Technology and Trading teams to explain, implement and debug trading strategies.
• Develop and maintain tactical Python scripts and support tools.
• Design, monitor and back test quantitative trading strategies.
• Gather requirements from Front Office users and shape practical workflow improvements.
• Collaborate with London-based stakeholders with clear communication and escalation.

Skills

Python scripting

Trading systems

Quantitative finance

Time series analysis

Front office support

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative finance, mathematics or computer science

Tools

Python

Job description

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you through global expansion and product offerings.

We are looking for an Quantitive Support Analyst to join our Quants team. This is a hands on, desk-facing technical support role sitting between the Options traders, Quants, Business Operations and Technology. The role provides functional support for the Options trading system and related front office workflows, investigates day to day issues, and enhances tactical Python scripts and operational tools used by the desk. You will support business as usual processes, automate repetitive tasks and elevate larger development work where appropriate.

You will be supporting business as usual processes, automate repetitive tasks and elevate larger development work where appropriate. Support the trading desk and quantitative team in UK from a Python coding perspective. Understand how systems are performing, working in the trading system.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quantative Analyst with 3 years’ experience to build practical exposure to derivatives, trading and market making technology. You will also be working closely with our Quantitative Strategies department.

Why You’ll Like Working Here

Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include:

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• Leave benefits: Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.
• $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market – $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!
• Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training, ensuring you’re always learning new skills.
• Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together; that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.
• Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone, whether you’re into fitness, pizza-making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What You’ll Be Working On

• Provide desk facing functional and technic
• Investigate and help resolve trading system, workflow, configuration, data and user issues, escalating where appropriateal support for the Options trading system and related Derivatives workflows
• Liaise with Technology and Trading teams to explain, implement and debug trading strategies on trading platform
• Develop, maintain and enhance tactical Python scripts, utilities and support tools used by the desk and the Quants team
• Design, implement and monitor quantitative trading strategies
• Design, model, code and report on quantitative research using Python
• Analyse technical indicators and conduct correlation analysis
• Back test and optimise trading strategies and system
• Support business as usual processes, including application checks, issue triage, incident followup, release validation and post release support
• Make controlled bug fixes and small enhancements to existing Python scripts and operational code under guidance from the Options Quants team
• Automate repetitive support tasks and improve operation
• Gather requirements from Front Office users and Business Operations and help shape practical workflow improvements
• Understand the trading floor environment and the need to respond quickly to issues that can cause business outages
• Create maintenance, support and reporting tools relevant to the product area as appropriate
• Work closely with Options traders, Quants, Business Operations and Technology, including London based stakeholders, with clear communication and escalation

What Will Help You Be Successful?

• A degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, computer science or equivalent disciplines.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in front office support with trading application support, production support, technical business analysis or a technical support role within financial markets
• Good mathematical understanding of basic time series analysis (Linear regression, generalized linear regression, ARCH/GARCH process), stochastic process (wienerprocess) and statistics
• Must have experience working across trading systems and related technology platforms
• Strong Python scripting skills, with the ability to read, debug, adapt and enhance existing scripts and operational tools
• Strong functional understanding of trading systems and workflows
• Experience in supporting a trading system in a prior role, coupled with Python and quantitative skills

The things we live by

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone

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We look forward to hearing from you!