FX Market Data Analyst
Description:
About the Role:
This role will provide analytical support and analysis to the Strategic Partnerships / Market Data team and broad LMAX Group. Globally spanning FX, Crypto and any future products launched. This is a new role and new team for the company, so a self-starter and driven individual has an opportunity to shape new initiatives that LMAX undertakes and establish themselves as a key source of critical business analysis.
You will be expected to directly contribute to the company’s success and decision making by providing research and analysis for existing businesses and potential new business ideas. Undertaking research, market sizing, scenario analysis and modelling.
For the initial Market Data project you will – help LMAX drive and grow market data revenue. Understand client by client analysis of data versus execution revenue, modelling various scenarios for market data revenue structures, analysing the competitive landscape and where LMAX should position itself, help build the differentiators and marketing pitch for LMAX data. You will also be involved in coming up with and analysing the potential and interest in new market data products and then delivering these.
You will be expected to work self-sufficiently but also working closely and partnering with multiple internal teams within LMAX Group, including business heads, liquidity management, sales, technology, finance and other groups. Over time you will build your own contacts in the market, gathering competitive intelligence and initiating and developing your own ideas, initiatives and projects.
Requirements:
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Analytical support for strategic new initiatives – market sizing, cost v benefit analysis, scenario analysis, competitive intelligence
- Liaising closely with various internal teams, as required, including business lines, liquidity management, Sales, Marketing, Operations, IT/Development and Finance
- Work with market data sales and the business leads to develop and roll out to existing and new clients a commercial plan for market data as part of the optimisation of overall revenue.
Benefits:
Benefits
• Smart, friendly colleagues keen to share their knowledge and learn new things from you
• The opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, including cutting edge technology, and interesting technical & performance challenges
• A culture where high quality maintainable code is valued over quick hacks
• Generous funding pot for training courses and conferences
• Flexible working options, and home working support
• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 with service), plus bank holidays
• A benefits suite including ride to work & electric car schemes, private medical insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover, pension plan, gym membership & more
• Relaxed dress-code
• Think you know every IntelliJ shortcut? Think again. (yes, this is a benefit!)
LMAX Group is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks to ensure that we continue to attract applications from a diverse range of candidates to reflect the diversity that already exists across the organisation.