Quantitative Operations Analyst

CMC Markets is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Quantitative Operations Analyst to join our Quantitative Analysis team. This front-office aligned role is critical to ensuring the robustness, performance, and responsiveness of our pricing and risk systems during live trading. You will work closely with traders, quant researchers, and developers to provide real-time system support, advanced analytics, and automation, directly contributing to the firm’s trading performance. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Real-Time System Monitoring & Incident Response Proactively monitor model performance of pricing and hedging systems. Investigate and resolve pricing, model, or data anomalies during trading hours. Serve as the first point of contact for the trading desk on system performance issues. Analytics & Revenue Support Perform ad hoc investigations into revenue drivers and trading flows. Develop and maintain diagnostic and reporting tools (e.g., Jupyter notebooks). Provide analytics to assess model performance, pricing accuracy, and hedging effectiveness. Automation & Reporting Build and maintain scripts and tools to automate recurring tasks (e.g., configuration checks, activity reviews, report generation). Manage automation pipelines using schedulers (e.g., Airflow, Cron). Enhance automation and stress-testing frameworks to improve resilience. Quant Research Collaboration Support researchers in sourcing, cleaning, and validating data. Develop tools and processes that accelerate research iteration and ensure robustness. Assist in validating and deploying new models into production. Codebase & System Maintenance Contribute to the shared Python codebase across quant and trading infrastructure. Identify performance bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements. Ensure code quality through testing, documentation, and reproducibility. KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering). Proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, etc.); familiarity with automation and scheduling tools is a plus. Prior experience in a trading, quant, or operations environment desirable but not essential. Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond quickly under pressure. Strong communication and collaboration skills to interact effectively with traders, quants, and developers. CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age CMC Markets is one of the world’s first ever fin-tech companies and was launched in 1989 to break down the barriers of financial trading and make trading accessible to everyone. Our mission is to use our award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service to empower millions of people to have the best trading experience out there. Our clients can trade on thousands of instruments using the best technology, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution. We're trusted by investors globally, but also by banks, brokers, funds and trading desks though our top-tier liquidity institutional offering, enabling these businesses to expand into new markets and increase revenue potential. We were recently listed on the FTSE250, and our business continues to go from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our technology and our people.