Graduate Trading Operations Specialist

3 weeks ago


Chicago, United States IMC Full time

IMC is currently looking for a talented and passionate Trading Operations Specialist to play a critical role in maintaining and perfecting our trading systems.  As a Trading Operations Specialist, you will be part of highly motivated team, facing the daily challenge of managing a high-volume data flow in a complex environment distributed over a low latency infrastructure.  In this role you will be exposed to many technical and trading challenges while ensuring high availability, stability and performance of the end-to-end environment.

This role provides frequent challenges, as no day is the same as the next.  The person in this role will have the opportunity to make considerable impact as part of a dedicated, dynamic global team.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

  • Monitor, develop, manage and update pricing tools
  • Act as point of contact between traders and internal support desks
  • Liaison to external issuers, vendors and data providers
  • Work and support the market making trade book
  • Verify backend processes (trade reporting, pnl recording) 

 Your Skills and Experience: 

  • Recent university graduate or current university student graduating between May 2023 and August 2024 with a degree in a quantitative field of study (e.g. Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Econometrics, or related field)
  • Strong quantitative skill set
  • Superb eye for detail
  • Ability to develop and improve existing tools to affect significant results within the company
  • Ability to multi task, organize, and communicate effectively
  • Experience in a programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab or R) is an advantage but not required
  • Genuine interest in financial markets, though no prior knowledge or experience is required
  • A team player â at IMC weâre all in it together
  • Must be available to start full time employment in August 2024

About Us

IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, weâve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets â providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.


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