Trader - Index Rolls and Rates

The role

The Index Rolls Trader will manage rates and rolls across front and back expiries for the Options Market Making team. This role involves identifying P&L opportunities and improving the existing trading and hedging setup.

What you will do

• Manage rates and rolls across front and back expiries
• Improve the existing trading and hedging setup
• Identify and trade P&L opportunities arising from rolls, rates and flow
• Take end-to-end ownership of the space
• Work with developers where modest platform improvements are required
• Potentially help develop a broader rolls/rates trading capability over time

Required qualifications

• Strong on index rolls, rates and term-structure exposure
• Able to identify P&L opportunities, not just hedge risk
• Capable of working with traders and developers
• Interested in building something rather than joining a fully mature desk
• 2–5 years’ experience trading index rolls
• Strong understanding of options markets
• Commercial trading mindset with appetite for risk ownership and strategy responsibility
• Strong interest and ability to operate in a fast-moving, opportunistic trading environment
• Strong analytical skills and research capabilities
• Familiarity with Python and SQL or similar programming and database languages

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Enhanced annual leave allowance after 2+ years’ service
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Monthly company events and social activities

About the company

Maven is an employee-owned proprietary trading firm deploying internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies.