Quantitative Analyst

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So, who are we?

IG is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.

The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next.

Join us at IG – The Future Gets Built Here.

Your Team

Support the Quant team by delivering and maintaining the data and technology infrastructure that underpins quantitative analysis and trading strategies. This includes managing market data, databases, cloud technologies, and analytical tools to enable efficient research, modelling, and reporting across IG Group’s retail trading and investment platforms.

Your role in the Teams success

Join a high-performing Quant team at the forefront of quantitative trading, pricing, and risk management across IG Group’s global multi-asset OTC trading platform. Working closely with traders and developers, you will use large-scale market, pricing, and trade data to develop insights, optimise trading performance, and shape innovative pricing and hedging strategies. This role offers the opportunity to apply advanced quantitative methods, statistical modelling, and machine learning techniques within a fast-paced, data-driven trading environment, while contributing directly to the evolution of trading and execution models that drive commercial impact.

What you will do 

• Analyse large-scale pricing, tick, and trade data to identify opportunities for performance optimisation and revenue growth.

• Evaluate and recommend hedging strategies that minimise portfolio risk and return variance in a cost-efficient manner.

• Develop and maintain backtesting frameworks to validate quantitative models, trading strategies, and statistical findings.

• Produce high-quality data visualisations, analytics, and regular reporting to support trading decisions and market insights.

• Collaborate closely with traders, developers, and quantitative teams to deliver innovative pricing, hedging, and risk management solutions.

• Lead the specification and documentation of quantitative requirements, development initiatives, and reusable analytical frameworks.

• Our Quant Analysts do not write production code in the hot path for pricing and execution, but provide critical well-researched quantitative analysis and creative input to support the development and enhancement of pricing and execution models.

Who you are

• Strong Python programming skills with experience in data analytics, quantitative analysis, and model development.

• Advanced understanding of statistics, quantitative methods, and machine learning techniques.

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and modern software engineering workflows.

• Degree in a mathematical, statistical, scientific, or related quantitative discipline; MSc preferred, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating strong statistical capability.

• Experience in market-making, proprietary trading, quantitative research, or similar data-driven trading environments is strongly preferred.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to present complex quantitative insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs

• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;

• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

• Competitive salary

• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)

• Private medical cover for you and your family

• Life insurance

• Contribution to gym memberships

• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total

• The option to buy or sell holiday days.

• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform

• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process

• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture

• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund

• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey.

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