Associate Director, Execution Consulting

TP ICAP Group Services Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group Services Ltd is seeking an Associate Director in Execution Consulting to support Electronic Trading Execution across EMEA and globally. You will apply programming and data skills to generate incisive analysis for product usage and market structure, aiding sales efforts and follow-up business.

The role reports to the Head of Execution Consulting and collaborates with EQS teams to deliver analytics, dashboards and data-driven insights used in client engagements and internal strategy

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in computer science, applied sciences or statistics.
• Practical programming experience in Python, SQL and analytical tools.
• Ability to work with large datasets and communicate insights clearly.

Responsibilities

• Data analysis across multiple sources and automated report production.
• Support TCA, trading desk analytics and market structure studies.
• Develop dashboards and analytics for client-facing materials.

Skills

Python

SQL

KDB+

Pandas

Dash

Power BI

Excel

Data analysis

Large datasets

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Applied Sciences / Statistics

Tools

Dash

Power BI

KDB+

Job description

Group Overview

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

About Liquidnet

Liquidnet is a leading technology-driven, agency execution specialist that intelligently connects the world’s investors to the world’s investments. Since our founding in 1999, our network has grown to include more than 1,000 institutional investors that collectively manage $33 trillion in equity and fixed income assets. Our network spans 46 markets across six continents. We built Liquidnet to make global capital markets more efficient and continue to do so by adding additional participants, enabling trusted access to trading and investment opportunities, and delivering the actionable intelligence and insight that our customers need.

Role Overview

As an Associate Director in Execution Consulting you will be supporting Electronic Trading Execution, playing an important role in supporting a leading agency equity single-stock and portfolio trading desks in the EMEA region and globally. You will use your programming and data skills to create incisive analysis on product usage and market structure content, supporting the sales effort and generating follow up business. This opportunity reports to the Head of Execution Consulting who in turn reports to the EMEA Head of Execution & Quantitative Services (EQS) who is tasked with developing and support a successful trading department including a trading desk, strategies, Transactional Cost Analysis (TCA) & analytics, resources and processes that deliver financial results in alignment with our business objective.

Role Responsibilities

• Data Analysis
  • Writing queries and processes to collate data across various different sources
  • Automating client report production and working with analytics development team on future analytic platform developments.
  • Working on designing and prototyping analytics solutions for delivering analysis to clients
• Transaction Cost Analysis – assist the Trading Desk by:
  • Running Global TCA reports for European clients across all Liquidnet’s products, including Negotiated, Algorithmic trading and Execution Services
  • Responding to inbound member inquiries regarding execution performance for both negotiated and algorithmic trading activity
  • Constructing aggregate statistics on Liquidnet algos to market execution performance to clients
  • Creating and implementing a process to periodically monitor execution quality when trading in external dark venues
• Algo Sales & Development
  • Generating and analyzing Key Performance Indicator data to help manage the sales process.
  • Working with Business Development to provide support for upcoming sales meetings and sales campaigns
  • Working with Marketing to help design and develop marketing materials for EQS products and campaigns
  • Providing relevant data and support materials to keep marketing materials up to date, including design and stats on a quarterly basis or when a change is made to our process/products (whichever comes first)
  • Assisting quants in analyzing algo performance and providing information on market microstructure
  • Supporting management in producing internal strategy presentations and materials

Experience / Competences

• Essential Degree-level qualification, ideally in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, or Statistics
• Practical programming experience is highly desirable: Python, SQL, KDB+, Pandas
• Ability and ease of working with large datasets
• Team-player who enjoys interacting with teams across a number of departments and geographies
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong numerical, analytical skills and strong knowledge of statistics
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI
• Desired Keen interest in financial markets and in working with trading and market data
• Experience developing and maintaining dashboards using Dash and Power BI

Band and level

Manager, 6 #LNET #LI-MID #LI-Hybrid

Company Statement

TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background.

Location

UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London

Work with us

Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter. You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that’s there to set you up for success.

More about us

TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client-focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client-facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know-how we have as a Group. Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know-how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow. Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth. And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future. TP ICAP. We connect.