Quantitative Trader

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets.

The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers.

With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

This role sits within the Agricultural Trading department, supporting the development of quantitative trading strategies and analytical capabilities across the Agricultural business.

The Agricultural Trading department combines deep discretionary market expertise with modern quantitative research, technology and data science to provide liquidity, manage risk and identify trading opportunities across global agricultural markets. The desk has direct access to the major agricultural futures and options exchanges and is investing in the continued expansion of its systematic trading capabilities through the application of statistical modelling, alternative datasets, automation and advanced analytics.

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Role Summary

An analytical, commercially minded and proactive quantitative professional with experience applying statistical and data-driven techniques within financial markets. Joining a front-office trading team that combines discretionary market expertise with systematic research and alternative datasets, the successful candidate will play a key role in expanding the Agricultural Trading desk's quantitative capabilities through the development of trading strategies, advanced research methodologies and scalable analytical tools.

The role provides the opportunity to shape the desk's quantitative direction while collaborating closely with Trading, Research and Technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead quantitative research initiatives that combine market, fundamental and alternative datasets to generate differentiated trading insights and systematic investment strategies.
• Develop, validate and enhance systematic trading strategies using market, fundamental and alternative datasets.
• Research and integrate alternative data sources, including satellite imagery and geospatial datasets, into trading strategies where appropriate.
• Build scalable research tools, dashboards and analytical infrastructure to improve trading performance and research productivity.
• Partner with discretionary traders to enhance existing strategies through advanced statistical analysis and quantitative modelling.
• Work closely with Research to develop quantitative insights and market analytics that enhances the Agricultural product offering.
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times complying with the FCA’s Code of Conduct
• Carrying out regulatory activities under the Marex Financial trading books
• Liaising with clients in US, UK and EEA clients include banks, hedge funds, market makers, fund managers, institutionals, trading houses and other trading boutiques.
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal…