Institutional Equity Division – Vice President, Delta 1 Strat (London)

Overview

In this role you drive data-driven insights and automation for equity trading strategies. You collaborate with traders on portfolio analysis, P&L explanations, and market data analytics to uncover correlations and improve efficiency. Your work spans large-scale data handling, cross-source data integration, and quantitative method automation to support decision-making and performance. You join a collaborative, high-growth team that shapes trading analytics in a leading financial institution.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of MS CRB data and market/vendor data to identify correlations and nuances
• Perform trader portfolio analysis and explain P&L movements
• Automate quantitative methods and build data pipelines across diverse data sources
• Develop scalable data handling techniques to reduce time/space complexity
• Explore large-scale data processing and advanced programming techniques

Key requirements

• Attention to detail and initiative
• Experience in mathematical/high-level programming languages (Python/R)
• Direct practical experience in equity markets within the financial sector
• Bachelor or Master in Finance, Economics or Mathematics (equivalents considered)
• Proven ability to demonstrate data analysis at scale
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Practical expertise in constructing data processing pipelines with diverse data sources

• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Analytical thinking
• Python coding
• R
• Linux and shell scripting

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