Finance Analyst

XTX Markets; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading algorithmic trading firm in London seeks a Financial Control professional to oversee accounting operations and improve processes. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and a background as a qualified accountant with experience in finance. This role offers a collaborative environment with a focus on technology and innovation, along with comprehensive benefits including gym access, medical support, and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Onsite gym, sauna, and fitness classes

Extensive medical benefits including onsite doctor

Daily breakfast and lunch

Support for caregivers

25 days paid holiday per year

Qualifications

• 4+ years post-qualification experience with a total of 7+ years.
• Degree preferably in Maths, Physics, Statistics, or Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily and monthly accounting operations.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Prepare financial reports under IFRS.
• Engage with stakeholders for accurate financial reporting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical capabilities

Communication skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Curiosity and innovation

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA)

Minimum 2:1 degree in STEM

Tools

SQL

Python

Power Query

Job description

XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state‑of‑the‑art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 50,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and crypto. It uses those forecasts to trade on exchanges and alternative trading venues, and to offer differentiated liquidity directly to clients worldwide. The firm trades over $250bn a day across 35 countries and has over 250 employees based in London, Singapore, New York, Paris, Bristol, Mumbai, Yerevan and Kajaani.

We leverage the talent of the people who work here, modern computational techniques and state‑of‑the‑art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods that gave our company its name, to trees, to neural networks, to modern deep learning architectures.

XTX Markets has an unrivalled level of computational resources in the trading industry, with a growing research cluster currently containing over 25,000 GPUs with 650 petabytes of usable storage. Teams across the firm include world‑class researchers with backgrounds in pure math, programming, physics, computer science and machine learning. The firm is also constructing a large‑scale data centre in Finland to future‑prove its significant computational capabilities.

At XTX Markets technology is our business and we are a diverse organisation which attracts outstanding talent from across all industry backgrounds. We are focused on teamwork and our people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other, our clients and the market. Our culture is non‑hierarchical and one where everyone is valued. We strive for excellence in everything we do.

The Role

This role is ideal for an exceptional candidate who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and is keen to join a high‑performing team, using technology to enhance financial processes. The finance department is responsible for the control of the firm’s assets, ensuring regulatory capital and liquidity requirements across multiple entities are met, as well as financial reporting and analysis.

You will join the financial control team, which numbers 8 people globally. You will have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse range of skilled and experienced finance and technology colleagues, including software engineers, treasury, regulatory capital and tax professionals.

Responsibilities

The main areas of responsibility within the financial control team are:

• Financial control and reporting.
• Data analysis and insight.
• Automation and process improvement.

In this role, you will have primarily responsibility for the finances of XTX Finland, where XTX is investing over €1bn to develop a state‑of‑the‑art data centre, which is currently under construction.

You will be required to proactively engage with key stakeholders to deliver accurate accounting records, financial reporting, analysis and forecasts.

This role reports to the Group Head of FP&A and Financial Control.

Detailed responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the operation of automated processes that conduct daily and monthly accounting.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in existing processes and working collaboratively with software engineers and finance colleagues to implement them.
• Developing an understanding of the existing finance technology stack and actively contributing to the related operations and improvements.
• Owning controller activities for an allocated set of XTX entities, which includes ensuring a high degree of control and integrity in the accounting records and reporting.
• Performing important periodic and ad‑hoc analysis and modelling for key stakeholders, including the board of directors. This includes analysing financial performance and modelling financial plans.
• Preparing financial reports for management and statutory purposes, including financial statements under IFRS.
• You will often be required to lead autonomously, business‑partnering with key stakeholders, internally and externally.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA) with 4 or more years post‑qualification experience (7+ in total).
• Minimum 2:1 degree, preferably in a STEM subject such as Maths, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science or related.

Technical Skills

• Deep understanding of finance processes and reporting.
• Good conceptual understanding of technical accounting.
• Strong data and analytical capabilities, ability to query, transform and analyse large datasets.
• SQL / Python / Power Query skills are preferred.
• Construction sector knowledge is preferable.

Candidate Attributes

• Diligent, with an attention to detail and quality.
• Works efficiently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Enthusiastic about developing technology skills.
• Curious and innovative, actively driving improvements.
• Strong communication and organisation skills.
• Team player, with the ability to work well independently.
• Calm, diplomatic and professional always.
• Onsite gym, sauna, and fitness classes at no charge.
• Extensive medical benefits including an onsite doctor and therapist at no charge.
• Breakfast and lunch provided daily.
• Various supports for caregivers, including emergency dependent care.
• Beautiful Kings Cross office: https://vimeo.com/257888726
• 25 days paid holiday per year + statutory holiday and paid sick days. We currently operate 4 days a week in‑office, 1 from home.