Senior Research Analyst

Senior Research Analyst (Requisition : ) Your Core Responsibilities

• Drive forward a rapidly growing research team that supports IMC's Equity Options trading business.
• Work with experienced team members, senior traders, and senior management to continue building IMC's proprietary research platform and to guide research team to critically think about specific company analysis and the impact of that analysis on equity options market dynamics.
• Provide traders with real-time news analysis, including the potential impact.
• Provide critical feedback for traders and other analysts regarding company analysis and the potential impacts of those analyses.
• Construct possible outcomes for both short-and medium-term equity moving events.
• Keep up to date with all major U.S. sectors, including biotech, healthcare, financials, energy, tech, and industrial.
• Understand the possible risks for certain equity positions by providing due diligence on existing positions and keep abreast of major macro events.
• Work alongside the trading team to analyze specific company events and manage risk associated with the expected impact of those events.
• Challenge the status quo and help create a vision for the future of the IMC research team.

This position requires a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Administration, Finance, Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Computational Mathematics, or a related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.

At least one (1) year of experience in the following skill(s) is required:

• Working side by side with the trading team to analyze specific company events and manage risk around the expected impact of those events
• Performing fundamental bottom-up analysis in global sectors
• Developing quantitative models for global equity screening
• Preparing and delivering research reports and investment presentations
• Contributing to equity market investment strategies
• Conducting fundamental equity research as part of an equity analyst team, including building, and maintaining financial models, conducting company and industry due diligence, and presenting actionable investment ideas
• Utilizing programming languages such as Python or R to automate research processes and support data-driven decision making
• Applying knowledge of equity derivatives, including options pricing and Greeks, to enhance research and portfolio construction

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$145,000 - $200,000 USD

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back.

From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.