Equity Analyst

Optiver • Chicago, IL

13d

About The Position

As an Equity Analyst, you’ll sit directly on the trading desk, influencing real-time decisions and managing research-driven positions that have direct PnL Impact. You’ll bring deep sector knowledge or a proven ability to adapt across sectors, a keen understanding of how fundamentals drive short-term price and volatility changes, and the commercial mindset needed to translate your insights into profitable trading outcomes. This is a high-impact role designed for analysts who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments – and who are eager to apply their market-making instincts, short-horizon research, and option-aware thinking to drive tangible results.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience as an equity analyst, within a market-making environment, event-driven hedge fund, or trading-focused team.
• Comfortable working with options concepts and volatility analysis, or eager to deepen your expertise in these areas.
• Skilled at applying fundamental analysis over short time horizons and identifying key drivers of near-term price moves.
• A sector specialist with proven expertise.
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving abilities; thrives in fast-moving, information-rich settings.
• Excellent communication skills, proactive in sharing views and partnering with traders and researchers.
• Passionate about markets, adaptable, and driven by the pursuit of impact and learning.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and building out systematic processes.

Responsibilities

• Leverage fundamental, event-driven, and short-term catalysts to identify and evaluate trading opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with traders to generate and manage positions that capture these opportunities, directly influencing desk PnL.
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses for upcoming events and corporate developments, assessing their potential impact on both equity and volatility.
• Translate research insights into actionable frameworks for option and volatility trading strategies.
• Contribute to process improvements and knowledge sharing across the analyst team, helping to refine how fundamental insights are monetized in a market-making context.
• Mentor junior analysts and support the continued professionalization of the global equity research effort.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• Highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees