Macro Analyst

Job Description

IMC is seeking a Macro Analyst to join their team in Sydney, Australia. The successful candidate will play a critical role in informing the company's trading strategies by researching and anticipating how different market regimes and events will influence broad asset classes. IMC fosters a culture of openness and collaboration, encouraging the sharing of ideas and knowledge.Role involves:

• Performing top-down fundamental coverage of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and other APAC markets.
• Proactively identifying and researching macroeconomic catalysts.
• Generating volatility and directional trading ideas.
• Working closely with the options trading team to execute strategies.
• Monitoring and analysing daily news flow.
• Applying technical and programming skills to back-test trading strategies.

Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Fluency in Mandarin, Japanese or Korean is a plus.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in relevant sell-side or buy-side roles.
• Tertiary qualifications in Finance/Economics/Commerce.
• Derivatives and/or structured products experience is advantageous.
• Demonstrated passion and understanding of financial markets.
• Bloomberg and Python experience preferred.

Role offers:

• Opportunity to work in a global trading firm with a cutting-edge research environment.
• A uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture.