Capital Return Equity Analyst

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

What we do

We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through market making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class.

Job Summary

As an analyst on Susquehanna's Research team, you will partner with our senior analysts and traders to identify investment opportunities in the equity or options market. You will be responsible for finding opportunities that other market participants may not be capitalising on, either by discovering new information or considering existing knowledge from a different perspective. Analysts are embedded in a strategy-focused trading desk and the analysis you provide will directly impact trading decisions.

At Susquehanna, we place a high value on education and development. You will experience this dedication to training as you work collaboratively with the research analysts and traders on your desk to gain hands-on exposure. You will also learn about options and the decision-making strategies that our traders employ. This role provides the unique opportunity to combine the quantitative aspects of finance with creative problem-solving in order to develop trade ideas in a fast-paced, proprietary trading environment.

In the role you will be:

• Evaluating, tracking and identifying opportunities around equity buybacks and dividend policies and other corporate actions
• Building and maintaining equity models and databases
• Analysing corporate rules and laws on capital returns and their effect on companies cap return decisions
• Identifying and performing in depth analysis on upcoming corporate events in collaboration with equity analysts
• Collaborating with traders on investments ideas and searching for trading angles broadening the desk's opportunity set
• Carrying out project work

What we're looking for:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree
• 2 years' + experience in financial markets preferred
• CFA or part-qualified CFA Candidate with prior exposure to fundamental company research an advantage
• Strong written, analytical, and financial research skills
• Ability to prioritise and complete multiple tasks in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Must be a self-starter, driven, organised, a quick learner, an effective communicator, and resourceful in solving problems
• Familiarity with a trading environment and derivative products preferred
• Competence in Excel, VBA, SQL and Python an advantage
• Willingness to work additional and flexible hours when necessary

Susquehanna does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will become the property of Susquehanna and no fee will be paid.