Susquehanna is looking for final year students or recent graduates who are passionate about the financial markets and event driven research to join our 2027 Macro Analyst Graduate Program.
When breaking news changes the game, what trade do you recommend in the next 10 seconds? We rely on our Macro Research Analysts to be on the front lines of market information to translate it into trading ideas.
Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.
As a Macro Analyst on Susquehanna’s Research team, you will partner with our senior analysts and traders to identify investment opportunities and provide in-depth analysis of future volatility events. You will be responsible for finding opportunities that other market participants may not be capitalising on, either by discovering new information or considering existing knowledge from a different perspective. Macro Analysts are embedded within a sector-focused trading desk, where their insights and analysis directly impact trading decisions. This role provides the unique opportunity to combine the quantitative aspects of finance with creative problem solving in order to develop trade ideas in a fast-paced proprietary trading environment.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Identify and analyse investment opportunities in the equity and options markets
- Provide real-time opinions on breaking news
- Analyse upcoming catalyst events and provide opinions on the possible impacts to the market
- Collaborate with derivative traders on investment ideas
- Communicate effectively with traders and fellow analysts, relaying key information in your areas of coverage
What we offer:
- Classroom Education - Susquehanna’s in-house education programme is widely recognised as being the best in the industry. You will attend regular seminars to learn about options and the decision-making strategies that our traders employ. You will also be assigned a mentor from the Equity Research team to guide you along the way.
- Decision Making - using game theory, decision science, poker, and other strategy games. It’s true what you’ve heard!
- Real Impact - You will work collaboratively with research analysts and traders on your desk to develop trade ideas on your allocated basket of stocks and provide real-time opinions on breaking news throughout the trading day.
- Culture - Our culture allows employees of every level to thrive. We are not your typical trading firm – the environment is casual, collaborative and we focus on continuous development, no matter how long you’ve been in Susquehanna.
- Perks - Based in Sydney, on the top two floors of Tower 1 in Barangaroo, our space provides beautiful harbor views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. To name a few of our favourite perks, our employees make the most of our free onsite catering, game room, and social events (company-wide parties, poker tournaments, and Friday night socials).
What we're looking for
- Market Enthusiasts: Keeping up to date on current events and breaking news that affect the markets is something you naturally enjoy. From company/sector specific news to macro stories, you are up to date on recent headlines.
- Effective Communicators: You enjoy building relationships with those you work closely with. You enjoy sharing ideas and expressing your thoughts based on your own research whilst combining the expert’s opinion to come to the best trading decisions – excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must for this role!
- Analytical + Logical: When it comes to decision making, you use clear and sound reasoning. You’re rational and like to use analytical data and financial research skills to come up with sensible solutions.
- Problem Solvers: You enjoy solving puzzles and love it when you discover a solution to a difficult problem, with a demonstrated interest in strategic games and/or competitive activities
- Curious: You’re excited by a career in the financial markets and the reasons why markets move in the way they do.
- Prior exposure to fundamental research is a plus.
- Confirmed plan to graduate by December 2026 with a degree in any discipline (most typically Finance and Economics), Distinction average WAM, from an Australian or New Zealand University.
- Visa sponsorship for work authorisation is not available for this position now or in the future.
Our Interview Process
- Application
- Online Assessment (Finance knowledge and quantitative skills)
- Phone Interview (Recruiter)
- Case Study (Simulated project based on daily duties)
- Virtual Interview (Case study review and quantitative assessment)
- Office Interview (Analyst interview, trade floor visit, and office tour)
- Job Offer
Equal Opportunity Statement
We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. If you have any questions, please contact sydneycampus@sig.com.
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