About the Role
About Akuna:
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.
Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.
What you’ll do as an Operations Analyst at Akuna:
As an Operations Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting and scaling Akuna’s trading operations by owning complex operational workflows, identifying issues independently, and driving solutions. This role requires strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to execute accurately under aggressive timelines.
You will work closely with internal teams and external counterparties to ensure the integrity of trading operations, with a particular focus on exchange connectivity, fee structures, and operational controls. This role requires someone who can quickly understand complex systems, communicate clearly, and be trusted to take workstreams end-to-end.
This role is best suited for candidates who thrive in autonomous, high-expectation environments. In this role, you will:
- Operate in a fast-paced trading environment with daily interaction across trading, compliance, finance, and business development teams
- Own operational processes end-to-end, from investigation and analysis through execution and follow-up, with accountability for accuracy and timeliness
- Assess, maintain, and troubleshoot exchange connections, mappings, and related operational workflows, exercising judgment when issues arise
- Analyze, validate, and reconcile exchange and broker fee schedules, identify discrepancies, and proactively drive resolution
- Provide real-time operational support and research for new initiatives, exchange launches, and broker relationships
- Serve as a primary operational point of contact with external parties including brokers, clearing firms, and exchanges
- Lead broker onboarding and KYC processes, independently managing timelines and deliverables
- Perform monthly market data and cost analysis, delivering clear, actionable reporting to internal stakeholders <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1080,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"",&qu