Junior Data Analyst

Junior Data Analyst The role: We are looking for a Junior Data Analyst to join our busy, high-volume Money Market Dealing Department. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent university graduate or early-career professional with a strong aptitude for numbers, statistics, data analysis, and problem-solving. The successful candidate will work closely with traders and the wider trading team, supporting the analysis, monitoring, reporting, and interpretation of large volumes of financial and trading data. The role requires someone who is highly analytical, detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working with numbers and large datasets in a fast-paced environment. Job

Responsibilities:
- Analyze large volumes of trading, financial, and operational data.
- Prepare, maintain, and improve Excel-based reports, analysis, and dashboards.
- Monitor trading activity and identify trends, anomalies, discrepancies, and unusual patterns.
- Perform statistical and quantitative analysis to support trading and management decisions.
- Produce daily, weekly, and ad-hoc reports for the Trading Department and management.
- Validate data for accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Reconcile and investigate differences between datasets and trading records.
- Develop and improve spreadsheets, formulas, models, and analytical tools.
- Support traders and management with data-driven insights and analysis.
- Help automate repetitive reporting and data-analysis processes where possible.
- Work with multiple data sources and maintain accurate and reliable datasets.
- Assist with performance analysis and other quantitative projects within the trading environment.
- Respond quickly and accurately to ad-hoc analytical requests in a high-volume environment. Qualifications and

Experience:
- Recent graduate or early-career professional with a degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Business, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Preference to Graduates of English-speaking institutions, or courses taught in English.
- A Business, Finance or Accounting background is preferred but not essential.

Skills:
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel is essential, including advanced formulas, data manipulation, lookups, PivotTables, and data analysis.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- Good understanding of statistics and quantitative concepts.
- Comfortable working with large datasets and identifying patterns or discrepancies.
- Familiarity with one or more of the analytical or data tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python, VBA, or similar platforms is an advantage.
- Ability to learn new systems, software, and analytical tools quickly. Competencies:
- Highly accurate and detail oriented .
- Strong problem-solving and logical-thinking ability.
- Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Able to work efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume trading environment .
- Naturally curious and willing to investigate discrepancies rather than simply report them.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Able to communicate analytical findings clearly and concisely in English.
- Proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and develop.
- High level of integrity and discretion when handling financial and trading information.

What We Offer
- The opportunity to build a career within a professional trading environment .
- Hands-on exposure to real-time financial and trading data.
- The opportunity to work closely with experienced traders and analysts.
- Exposure to quantitative analysis, financial markets, trading performance, and risk-related data.