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Equities Operations Analyst

Optiver
🇺🇸New YorkJuniorFull-time$110k–$150kPosted June 2, 2026

About the Role

The OES Operations team is critical to Optiver's trading business, managing processes that connect the firm to exchanges, counterparties, and internal teams. As an Operations Analyst, you will own critical workflows end-to-end while helping build the next generation of operational infrastructure for ETF and cash equities trading.

  • Own the full trade lifecycle for ETF/cash equities and options: trade capture, confirmation, clearing, and settlement
  • Compile and reconcile data from electronic and voice trades, and resolve erroneous or unmatched trades with urgency
  • Monitor and control post-trade processes, proactively identifying and mitigating operational risk
  • Act as liaison between desk traders, external dealers, brokers, and clearing firms
  • Build tools, reports, and dashboards to enhance daily trading operations and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and scalability

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in trade support or operations within financial markets (ETF and cash equities operations experience preferred), ideally on a trading desk or bank
  • Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle: booking, reconciliation, confirmation, and settlement
  • Excellent communication skills — you'll be the point of contact for traders, counterparties, and exchanges daily
  • Detail-oriented critical thinker who thrives under pressure and can manage competing priorities
  • Self-motivated and takes ownership — you see a problem, you fix it
  • Enjoys working with large datasets to find patterns and identify irregularities
  • Demonstrated interest in leveraging Python and AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT) to automate workflows, improve efficiency, and continuously optimize the way work gets done

What You'll Get

  • $110k–$150k base salary
  • 401(k) match up to 50%
  • Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
  • 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
  • Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more