Quantitative Analyst - Treasury
Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm and market maker headquartered in Chicago, with additional offices in Boulder, New York, and Singapore. Founded in 2002, the firm builds proprietary trading technology and risk management systems to capitalize on market inefficiencies across options and other derivatives markets.
About Belvedere Trading
Belvedere Trading emerged in March 2002 as one of Chicago's newest market makers, establishing its place in the SPX pit on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Since inception, the firm has invested iteratively in proprietary technology, starting with an options model, adapting it to handheld computers, and eventually building its software systems from the ground up. Due to its ultramodern proprietary technology and risk management capabilities, Belvedere is able to quickly capitalize on inefficiencies in the marketplace, with trading models and software systems continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay competitive. The firm operates from Chicago, Boulder, New York, and Singapore, employs close to 300 individuals, and is known for low turnover, high referral rates, and a strong company culture centered on core values such as teamwork, ownership, and innovation. Belvedere focuses on proprietary trading across asset classes including equity and commodity options, leveraging cutting-edge technology and talented people to sustain its growth.
Skills
About the Role
You will join the Treasury team to help ensure efficient cash management, align short- and long-term liquidity, adhere to regulatory limits, and educate stakeholders to improve firm-level decisions. You will work directly with trading, risk, and finance team-members to optimize cash and liquidity management decisions, solving challenging problems with data-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in the financial services industry, working in a quantitative capacity
- 3+ years in quantitative finance
- Proficiency with Python and SQL required
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
- Experience with journal entries, reconciliations, and accruals from treasury transactions
- Experience with data analytics tools such as PowerBI and Looker a plus
- Ability to be in Belvedere's Chicago headquarters, during regular business hours, 5 days per week
Responsibilities
- Perform daily cash management forecasting, optimization, and account transfers
- Recommend and implement strategies to improve cash management efficiency
- Communicate treasury strategies, exposures, and recommendations to managers, traders, and risk teams to ensure firm-wide alignment
- Develop and support treasury policies, procedures, and controls
- Champion best practices in treasury management
- Identify, track, and analyze treasury KPIs to improve performance
- Educate stakeholders across the firm
- Contribute to automating processes