Senior Quant Trading Analyst (f/m/x)

IMC

About the role IMC’s Macro Analyst team provides traders with market-moving insights and actionable trading ideas across global macro and volatility markets. As a Senior Macro Analyst, you will be based in Amsterdam and take ownership of generating insights and trading ideas across European equity index volatility and related markets. Working closely with traders and the Lead Macro Analyst, you will develop event-driven scenarios, identify opportunities around global macro themes, and help shape IMC’s response to fast-moving economic, political, and market developments. You will translate complex market information into clear trading implications, contribute to macro-driven strategies across options and volatility products, and play a key role in ensuring IMC remains ahead of market narratives. This is a highly collaborative role for someone who combines strong macro judgment, deep market understanding, and the ability to communicate clearly and decisively under time pressure. Your Core Responsibilities * Generate actionable trading ideas and market analysis across European equity index volatility, options, spreads, futures, and related financial instruments; * Develop and maintain scenario analyses around key market-moving events, including economic data releases, central bank meetings, national budgets, elections, geopolitical developments, and unexpected macro shocks; * Monitor global and European macro themes, identifying how changes in policy, politics, growth, inflation, rates, FX, and risk sentiment may affect equity index volatility and related markets; * Provide traders with timely, clear, and actionable updates on what is driving markets during European trading hours and relevant out-of-hours futures sessions; * React quickly to breaking news and unexpected market events, assessing potential outcomes, market impact, and trading opportunities in real time; * Work closely with traders to evaluate risk/reward, refine trading hypotheses, and contribute to the development of macro-driven options and volatility strategies; * Contribute to discussions around macro-driven positions, market themes, PnL drivers, and evolving risks across European and global markets; * Take ownership of specific research areas, recurring event playbooks, analytical frameworks, or market coverage themes; * Help ensure strong operational coverage of key events, market sessions, and trader needs through disciplined preparation, responsiveness, and high-quality communication; * Collaborate with other IMC analyst teams across Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, and Mumbai to share insights, compare market views, and strengthen global coverage; * Support the development of more junior analysts by sharing market knowledge, improving team processes, and helping raise the overall quality of the team’s output; * Continuously improve the team’s analytical tools, event preparation, communication formats, and trading idea generation process. Your Skills and Experience * 4–6+ years of experience in a trading, macro research, volatility, options, or strategy-focused role, ideally at a high-frequency trading firm, investment bank, hedge fund, asset manager, or market-making environment; * Strong understanding of European financial markets and the macroeconomic, political, and geopolitical factors that influence equity indices, volatility, rates, FX, and broader risk sentiment; * Experience analyzing equity index products, options, volatility, futures, spreads, or related financial instruments; * Proven ability to translate macro events, political developments, and market headlines into practical trading implications; * Strong scenario analysis skills, with the ability to assess probabilities, market impact, positioning, and potential second-order effects; * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage traders clearly, succinctly, and confidently in fast-moving market conditions; * Sound market judgment and the ability to form independent views while incorporating feedback from traders and other analysts; * Calm, focused, and decisive when markets are moving quickly or information is incomplete; * Collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively with traders, analysts, and global teams; * High level of ownership, curiosity, and intellectual drive, with a strong interest in markets, policy, politics, and global events; * Entrepreneurial approach, with a desire to improve processes, develop new analytical frameworks, and contribute ideas that can directly impact trading outcomes. About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

IMC

Our US Equity Options business has become one of the leading liquidity-providers in the marketplace. We’ve already created partnerships and business models to facilitate our expansion and we continue to improve our options pricing, particularly in the volatility space. IMC is highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers so the scope of responsibility involves working with others to identify and describe mispricings, interact with the market, and push forward visibility improvements Your Core Responsibilities:  * Maximize revenue by both finding, and then capitalizing on short term mispricing, as well as managing larger positions * Work closely with our best-in-class research and quant teams to analyze your results and improve your approach * Take lots of responsibility and ownership early to drive strategies forward and be successful Your Skills and Experience:  * Experienced equity options trader with at least 2 years’ experience * Entrepreneurial mindset with a healthy risk appetite, are competitive by nature, and are a fast decision maker * Ability to identify patterns and describe them analytically. Preference for relevant tertiary qualifications (graduate or post graduate), with strong academic results * Passionate about understanding volatility dynamics and willing to immediately act on your opinions to capture market opportunities. * In tune with the fundamental drivers of stocks we trade and can work effectively with a research analyst team to make decisions #LI-DNP   The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information. Salary Range $175,000—$250,000 USD About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

IMC

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will join our Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) team and partner closely with HR, Finance and Talent Acquisition stakeholders to deliver data analysis and reporting that drives people-related decisions across the organization. This is a hands-on, technical role. You will spend most of your time building dashboards, writing code, engineering data pipelines, and translating stakeholder requirements into production-ready analytics solutions. You will also serve as a key analytical partner to HR leadership — providing actionable insights on workforce trends, talent acquisition, compensation, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness. The ideal candidate is a strong data analyst who is equally comfortable working with HR and financial data, can operate independently, and thrives in a fast-paced environment with extensive ad-hoc reporting requirements. Your Core Responsibilities:  * BI Development & Data Engineering * Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and reports for HR, Talent Acquisition, and FP&A stakeholders using Qlik or similar BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) * Build and maintain Python-based ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from HRIS, ATS, finance systems, and other internal sources into the analytics database * Own the full product delivery cycle for analytics solutions: requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment to production * Extend and optimize the analytics database to support new data sources and evolving reporting needs * Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across all pipelines and reporting assets * Build and automate reporting workflows to reduce manual effort and improve scalability * HR Reporting & Analytics * Develop and maintain standard HR metrics and recurring reports covering headcount, attrition, diversity & inclusion, compensation equity, and employee engagement * Build and support recruitment dashboards to track recruitment-funnel progress, pipeline characteristics, and time-to-fill metrics * Partner with HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to translate data requests into clear reports and visualizations * Conduct ad hoc analyses on people data to support HR and business decision-making * Leverage SQL and Python to query large HR datasets, perform statistical analyses, and develop predictive models (e.g., attrition risk, flight risk scoring) * FP&A & Workforce Planning Support * Support FTE forecasting and headcount budgeting processes by building and maintaining models and reports in partnership with Finance and HR/Recruitment teams * Contribute to annual HR planning cycles, including headcount forecasting, workforce cost modeling, and scenario analysis * Track and manage FTE movement against budget * Analyze workforce trends to identify patterns and risk areas relevant to financial planning * Stakeholder Partnership & Communication * Act as a trusted analytical advisor to HR and Finance to understand their needs and proactively surface findings * Present data, trends, and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences in clear, concise formats * Collaborate with other BI Developers and Engineers within BP&A to maintain shared data standards, governance practices, and documentation * Demonstrate curiosity in understanding business context, using that understanding to deliver solutions that balance standardization with practical requirements Your Skills and Experience:  * 5+ years of experience as a Data Analyst, BI Developer, Financial Analyst, or similar analytics role * Demonstrated proficiency in Python and SQL, including writing clean, production-ready code; experience working with large datasets * Proven experience building reporting and dashboard solutions in Qlik, Tableau, Power BI, or a comparable BI tool * Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining ETL pipelines and data architecture * Working knowledge of at least one HRIS platform (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, ADP, or equivalent) * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders and present findings clearly * Self-driven and comfortable working independently in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and heavy ad-hoc reporting needs * Familiarity with data privacy regulations as they apply to employee and people data * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Statistics, Information Systems or other quantitative field * Exposure to FP&A processes such as headcount budgeting, FTE forecasting, or workforce cost modeling preferred * Experience working with HR data including HRIS, ATS, compensation, and headcount data is a plus * Familiarity with HR metrics frameworks, people analytics best practices, and DEI reporting preferred Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening. The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information. Salary Range $140,000—$180,000 USD About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.