Analyzes business operations and development opportunities for a research-driven trading firm. Builds dashboards, predictive models, automation scripts, and data tools to support decisions. Mines and organizes data from systems such as accounting platforms and GitLab, improves business processes and communication, and coordinates with partners and vendors on compliance and trading operations.
As part of a lean Business Team, you’ll work directly with a range of functions and their leads to design, optimize and execute tools and processes for business operations and business development. You will also be responsible for both internal and external communication to partners and vendors regarding our business compliance and trading operations.
You’ll conduct research to help evaluate new business opportunities, and build dashboards, predictive models, and other tools to inform data-driven business decisions.
COMPENSATION – Competitive salary, plus quarterly bonus based on individual performance and contribution towards success of others and the firm.
Qualifications
We’re looking for highly analytical people with 0-5 years of experience who want to help build the research-driven trading firm of the future. The individual wants to help manage our business operations for the existing business (research, technology, and operations) functions by improving communication, code and any other necessary elements.
To do that, you’ll need the following qualities:
- Proficient at data mining, extraction and organization of raw format data from various sources such as accounting systems, gitlab, and more. Experience, or a desire to learn, Tableau & other user interface tools that require data-input and entries is helpful as well.
- Proficient in Python coding, especially in scripting and automation
- Technically capable in other areas of computing, such as algorithmic design in C++ or has a strong desire to become proficient in it.
- Detail oriented and can easily identify key influencing factors; able to quickly retain historical highlights to focus on future improvements.
- Results driven: able to drive tasks to completion in a timely manner.
- Ability to multitask: iterate quickly towards a better solution while not dropping the ball on other concurrent functions.
- Analytical: ability to understand the full scope and depth of the issue, able to solve for the long-term.
- Strong self-awareness and high emotional intelligence to assist with interpersonal and communication improvements.
- Must work well independently
Radix Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Chicago, IL, United States
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