Market Analyst

ICE; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Atlanta seeks a Market Analyst to manage daily cleared products settlement pricing and product listings. Responsibilities include analyzing pricing data, generating daily closing prices for futures and options, and providing customer service support. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and 3+ years of analytical experience, with strong Excel skills. This role may require work outside normal business hours.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of work experience in an analytical role.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and analytical applications.
• Experience in a commodity market or financial trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze pricing data to identify trends and relationships.
• Generate daily closing prices for cleared forward and option contracts.
• Provide front-line customer service support.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Ability to multi-task

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or relevant financial degree

Tools

Excel

Visual Basic

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Job Purpose

At Intercontinental Exchange, our exchanges and clearing houses across North America, Europe and Asia deliver risk solutions across asset classes and time zones. Whether its hedging, investing or capital raising, our markets, clearing houses and data help transform challenges into opportunities. As a Market Analyst, you will join a team that is critical to the success of the company by managing the daily cleared products settlement pricing and product listings on the ICE trading platform. This role is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining processes to analyze historical and top‑day pricing data to generate daily closing prices for Futures and Option products.

Overview

At Intercontinental Exchange, our exchanges and clearing houses across North America, Europe and Asia deliver risk solutions across asset classes and time zones. Whether its hedging, investing or capital raising, our markets, clearing houses and data help transform challenges into opportunities. As a Market Analyst, you will join a team that is critical to the success of the company by managing the daily cleared products settlement pricing and product listings on the ICE trading platform. This role is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining processes to analyze historical and top‑day pricing data to generate daily closing prices for Futures and Option products.

Responsibilities

• Analyze pricing data to identify trends and relationships to reflect fair valuations across ICE asset markets including Energy, Interest Rates, Agriculture, Equity Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, FX, Physical Environmental.
• Generate daily closing prices for cleared forward and option contracts.
• Handle ongoing support and maintenance for existing ICE products.
• Work directly with Sales, Development, QA and Operations.
• Produce periodic reports, document and update internal procedures, and assist with special projects as required.
• Provide front‑line customer service support related to cleared product pricing.
• Responsible for reviewing daily reports covering settlement exit criteria thresholds, price fidelity, and fixing reports.

Knowledge And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business or relevant financial degree; combination of applicable training and/or experience in lieu of degree
• 3+ years of work experience in an analytical role
• Strong working knowledge of Excel; Visual Basic or other analytical applications is preferred
• Experience in working with large Excel spreadsheets
• Exposure to commodity markets or financial trading environment background is preferred
• Knowledge of future and option market structure and pricing
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Must be self‑directed and be able to work within a team environment
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multi‑task under pressure in a fast‑paced deadline driven environment
• Professional customer facing telephone manner
• Position may involve work outside of normal business hours