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ICAP · 1 week ago

Junior Tech & Execution Graduate

ICAP, part of the TP ICAP group, is a leading provider of market infrastructure, offering execution and information services to wholesale market participants. The Junior Tech & Execution Graduate role is designed for a technology-driven analyst to build and maintain tools and data capabilities while gaining experience in trade execution.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain robust Excel-based applications that power the desk’s pricing, valuation, and risk management, utilizing advanced formulas, data models, and VBA
Architect reproducible workflows to ingest, clean, and validate market and trade data, ensuring the desk has access to accurate, real-time analytics for decision-making
Create and maintain a library of BPMN diagrams to visualise and document desk workflows, helping to map out current trading processes and new technical developments
Analyse daily workflows to identify manual inefficiencies (e.g., in market reporting or data entry) and build automated tools to speed up these processes
Assist in integrating desk-specific tools with the team’s core trading systems, helping to maintain data feeds, spec connections, and help test feature changes
Ensure timely input of trades into trading systems
Resolve any trade queries received internally or externally and ensure any trade discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
Identify trade opportunities and calculate strategies
Keep trade records up to date
Give live quotes to traders through the messaging systems
Monitor markets and follow financial news and developments
Liaise with clients, via telephone and face to face, to provide a reliable and efficient broking service
Fulfil additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business

Qualification

Advanced ExcelData analysisProgramming skillsFixed income knowledgeCommunication skillsStatistical understandingLanguage skillsAI model understandingAttention to detailTeam collaborationTime managementProblem-solving

Required

Educated to a degree level – ideally with a technology based or highly numerical/analytical degree, with elements of finance
Demonstrable passion for data with the ability to interpret complex quantitative information and explain it to non-technical audiences
Software development skills – any programming language, any environment; ability to produce scripts, macros, etc valuable
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data modelling; VBA essential)
Foundational understanding of global financial markets and fixed income concepts (government bonds, interest rate products; equity exposure beneficial)
Clear, concise written and verbal communication; able to document processes and collaborate within a small, high performing team
Excellent attention to detail, disciplined approach to data validation, and commitment to operational risk controls
Comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment; calm under pressure

Preferred

Additional language skills (verbal and written)
Solid understanding in statistics
Prior experience (internships or projects) supporting front office trading desks or execution workflows
Exposure to Python and/VBA is beneficial; SQL familiarity helpful. R experience is also a plus
Solid understanding of AI models provided by marque brands

Benefits

Performance bonus aligned with business and personal results
Quarterly performance bonuses based on achievement of key performance

Company

ICAP

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ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, is a leading markets operator and provider of execution and information services.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (14)
2024 (6)
2023 (9)
2022 (5)
2021 (75)
2020 (7)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Danny Cheung
Chief Executive Officer
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Thekrayat Ali
Chief Operating Officer
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