Job Opportunity

Analyst – Operations

Confidential | Chicago, IL

Job Summary

Hedge fund. Responsible for automating, monitoring, and ensuring quality of data downloads, actively liaising with data providers to ensure that all data needs are met. Experience with these technologies or similar: Matlab, Perl, SQL, Excel, Bloomberg, Automate.

Details

We are an award winning and rapidly growing hedge fund based out of Chicago, IL. Our parent company has been in the industry for over 20 years and our team has a wealth of experience in the financial markets (pun intended). We’re looking for a driven and organized Analyst to join our team and continue growing with the company.

Top Reasons to Work with Us

Subsidiary of a successful and established company.
Early growth stages with tons of room for advancement.
Long history in financial management.

What You Will Be Doing

Automating, monitoring, and ensuring quality of data downloads (using Perl, Matlab, SQL, and Automate).
Actively liaising with data providers to ensure that all data needs are met.
Executing trading algorithms and submitting trade files for various trading regions via Bloomberg.
Analyzing trade data (slippage, commissions, locates, etc.) and improving the trade process (automating processes and modifying existing scripts where needed).
Submitting and booking individual trades (e.g. hedging the portfolio, liquidating rights, etc.).
Interacting with Accounting, BackOffice, and prime brokers to reconcile trades, P&L, and corporate actions and ensure that the group’s global portfolios trade on time.
Modifying and improving existing Matlab and Perl code.

What You Need for this Position

Experience with these technologies or similar: