Operations Analyst
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. It provides liquidity across global financial markets using advanced technology, quantitative research, trading strategies, and automation.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a global proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in London, Sydney, Shanghai, and Singapore. The firm provides liquidity as an options market maker across global financial markets, covering products including commodities, indexes, and cryptocurrencies. Akuna designs and develops its own low-latency trading systems, mathematical models, strategies, and infrastructure through its Technology, Trading, Quant, and Operations departments. It also offers an Options 101 course introducing industry fundamentals and options trading concepts.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own complex trading-operations workflows, investigate issues, analyze and reconcile exchange and broker fees, maintain exchange connections, support new initiatives, manage broker onboarding and KYC, deliver market-data and cost analysis, and improve operational controls and documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- 3-5 years of experience in clearing, trading, or financial services
- Ability to work independently and own responsibilities
- Strong analytical skills
- Advanced Excel skills
- SQL experience
- Python is a plus
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Process improvement
- Legal authorization is not explicitly required
Responsibilities
- Operate in a fast-paced trading environment
- Own operational processes end-to-end
- Assess, maintain, and troubleshoot exchange connections and mappings
- Analyze, validate, and reconcile exchange and broker fee schedules
- Identify discrepancies and drive resolution
- Provide real-time operational support and research
- Serve as an operational contact for brokers, clearing firms, and exchanges
- Lead broker onboarding and KYC processes
- Perform monthly market data and cost analysis
- Maintain internal documentation
- Identify risks and control gaps
- Implement process improvements
- Support analytical projects
Benefits
- Employer-paid medical insurance
- Employer-paid dental insurance
- Employer-paid vision insurance
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off
