Cash Equity Operations Analyst

Optiver is seeking a skilled Operations Analyst to join our trading team in Amsterdam. This role is a pivotal position within our trading teams, driving the operation and optimization of both our semi-automated and fully automated market making activities and trading systems. With a razor-sharp eye for detail, the ideal candidate embodies operational excellence and thrives in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative environment.

WHO WE ARE:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 50+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Our Amsterdam office is where it all began. Over 35 years ago, Optiver’s business started with a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s European Stock Exchange. Since our 1986 founding, Optiver’s Amsterdam office has grown into one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe. Our culture reflects the Dutch capital city’s progressive, innovative and inclusive nature. With its unique spirit, Amsterdam is the ideal hub for our teams to trade a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Our Operations Analysts take ownership of critical elements of our trading operations, executing the daily workflows that make us a leading options and delta-1 market-making firm.

Covering post-trade activities, your work and projects require the cooperation of several different teams at Optiver and you play a critical connectivity role between those teams and trading. You will be dealing with large amounts of data, need to be precise and thorough and be able to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Join us in this dynamic role and make a meaningful impact on our success in the financial markets

• Operate high volume post-trade processes such as: trade processing, matching and settlements; corporate actions processing
• Trading reconciliation to ensure correct booking
• Data driven decisions based on a team P&L/KPIs framework to optimize settlement costs for all D1 trades. Optimize cost of carry through inventory management and timely settlement of trades.
• Build and own dashboards to monitor trader positions, market making activities and post-trade processes.
• Initiate and run automatization projects, where you will collaborate with Developers and program in Python and PostgreSQL.
• Facilitate relationships and act as single point of contact for operations with Prime Brokers, Exchanges and Counterparties
• Onboarding of new counterparties to ensure all due diligence checks are performed in an efficient way prior to trading

WHAT YOU’LL GET

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool.
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• 25 paid vacation days and fully paid first-class commuting expenses
• Training opportunities and discounts on health insurance
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast and lunch, world-class barista coffee, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks, and weekly in-house chair massages
• Competitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience working in a post-trade operations / trade support role within Financial Services
• Experience working with cash equity products is highly desirable
• Able to work in an accurate and structured way with an engineering mindset
• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
• Driven to constantly improve and optimize with a passion to automate
• Competent in Python and SQL 
• Able to work under pressure and multi-task with accuracy
• Fluent in English
• Strong affinity with financial markets
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

HOW TO APPLY

Are you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe?

Apply directly via the form below for the position of Cash Equity Operations Analyst.

Please note:

• We cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons.
• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.