Junior Quant - Central Trading in London

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent. Headquartered in London, we manage $227.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally.

Purpose of role:

To generate powerful execution insights for a wide range of internal stakeholders (including PMs, traders, senior management and sales) and conduct research into algorithm and signal development to understand and optimise trading dynamics and maximise the realised P&L of strategies.

Specific responsibilities:

• Leverage the Execution Analytics platform to generate powerful execution insights for PMs and traders, helping to reduce market impact, improve capacity and inform optimal trading strategies.
• Research and prototype new analytics and tools to improve the Execution Analytics platform and Quant Toolkit.
• Model transaction costs, market impact and order fill rates across asset classes using advanced statistical and ML techniques.
• Analyse large datasets to formulate mathematical models of microstructure patterns, order book dynamics and intraday predictive signals.
• Drive automation, scalability and standardisation of analytics across experimentation, algo performance measurement and execution oversight.
• Partner with technologists to deploy and optimise analytics, ensuring the Execution Analytics platform remains accurate, stable and operationally robust.
• Act as a subject matter expert on execution data, supporting colleagues, sales and senior stakeholders across the firm.

Technical competencies:

• PhD or exceptional Masters qualification in a quantitative subject.
• 6-12 Months post graduate work experience.
• Experience of Buy side / Sell side, essential.
• Ability to think creatively, develop and implement original research and ideas.
• Exceptional analytical skills; ability to deliver end-to-end.
• A solid understanding of statistics and an ability to apply it to real world problems.
• Expertise in Python and related Data Science/ML libraries such as Pandas, Scikit Learn, Tensorflow.
• Experience of handling large data sets and tick data.
• Experience with visualisation tools and libraries.
• Understanding of financial products and market microstructure.

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group

You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry.

You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering. Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact TalentAcquisition@man.com.