Equity Trading Quantitative Analyst

Capital Group seeks bright, highly motivated, and self-directed individuals to join our team. As an Equity Trading Quantitative Analyst based in London, you will provide analysis of Capital’s equity trading activities, with a focus on implicit and explicit trading costs of different trading strategies and methods, and also conduct research on equity market structures and characteristics.

As an Equity Trading Quantitative Analyst, you will demonstrate deep knowledge of equity market trading and structure. The analyst provides accurate and timely analysis of Capital’s global trading activities with respect to trading strategies, costs and execution and conducts research on equity market characteristics and structure for trading and other investment related teams. This role is part of a five member team, but will be the only analyst based in London and focused on EMEA markets. The analyst will show initiative and be comfortable with being the local subject matter expert.

“I can succeed as a Equity Trading Quantitative Analyst at Capital Group.”

• You will provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of Capital’s equity trading and market activity.
• You will collaborate with Equity Trading and Investment Professionals in the development of investment implementation strategies.
• You will have an understanding of algorithmic and manual execution strategies and be able to communicate effectively about those strategies with Equity Traders and counterparties.
• You will use a variety of analysis tools and technical skills to develop clear and informative reports and visualizations of data sets to support analysis.
• You will stay up-to-date on industry trends, technologies, regulatory issues, and regional market structure.
• You will build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.

“I am the person Capital Group is looking for”

• You have 2 to 5 years of experience.
• You are involved in execution consulting or electronic sales at a broker-dealer, are experienced with transaction and/or market structure analysis, or work on a development team building trading infrastructure at a broker-dealer or a money management firm.
• You are an effective written and oral communicator, with a strong emphasis on telling stories with data that can influence a trader’s future behavior.
• You understand equity trading market structure and trading rules for EMEA country markets.
• You have experience with common methods and benchmarks in Transaction Cost Analytics.
• You have an understanding of and experience handling equity market trade and quote data.
• You have experience with data analysis and statistical modeling. Experience with Bayesian modeling a plus.
• You have good to excellent abilities with some or all of the following toolkit: R, Python, SQL, Quarto, PowerBI, Shiny, Tableau, AWS Data Science/Sagemaker, and Databricks.
• You demonstrate sound judgment in resolving matters of high complexity.
• You demonstrate strong organizational skills, multi-tasking skills, and an attention to detail.
• You are able to work calmly, flexibly, independently, and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.