Rotational Trading Operations Analyst

The Voleon Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Voleon Group is seeking an Associate Member of Trading Staff to rotate across credit, equity, forex and derivatives desks, learning asset-class nuances and market microstructure. You will interact with researchers, traders and brokers, building tools to support automated trading and risk monitoring.

Under mentorship from senior traders, you will develop analytics and automation to scale the firm’s trading programs while contributing to real-world trading operations across global markets,

Qualifications

• Demonstrated passion for markets.
• Proficiency in a programming language like Python or R.
• Experience using a Unix-like OS.
• Academic or practical familiarity with statistics.
• A skillset in data analysis and visualization.
• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or quantitative discipline.
• Attention to detail and clarity of thought.

Responsibilities

• Monitor high-volume execution algorithms and portfolio risk
• Track real-time market developments
• Interface with external brokers and trading counterparties
• Contribute to the codebase underlying automated trading operations
• Build processes and technology to prevent errors or outages while increasing team capacity
• Provide insight and expertise to the research and development staff
• Work global market hours for a portion of every year on a rotational basis

Skills

Python

R

Unix-like OS

Statistics

Data visualization

Attention to detail

Markets passion

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or quantitative discipline

Job description

The Voleon Group is seeking an Associate Member of Trading Staff to rotate across credit, equity, forex and derivatives desks, learning asset-class nuances and market microstructure. You will interact with researchers, traders and brokers, building tools to support automated trading and risk monitoring.

Under mentorship from senior traders, you will develop analytics and automation to scale the firm’s trading programs while contributing to real-world trading operations across global markets,