Senior Business Analyst, tastytrade
$115-145k
+ Stock Purchase Options + Discretionary performance bonus: 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance
3 days a week in office (West Loop, IL)
Options trading, futures & stock trading brokerage
Job no longer available
Options trading, futures & stock trading brokerage
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$115-145k
+ Stock Purchase Options + Discretionary performance bonus: 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance
3 days a week in office (West Loop, IL)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help traders succeed through sophisticated technology, favorable pricing and exceptional customer service.
Role
Who you are
- A critical thinker who thrives on solving ambiguous problems through rigorous analysis and structured reasoning
- Business-minded, with a deep curiosity about how a brokerage makes money, where it loses money, and what levers are available to change those dynamics
- Technically proficient in Python, SQL, and a BI tool like Tableau, enough to pull and explore data, build models in spreadsheets or notebooks, and validate your own work without leaning on a data team for every question. You are not expected to be a data engineer or a software developer
- Experienced in financial modeling, including comfort with revenue modeling, cost-benefit analysis, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis
- A clear communicator who can distill complex technical or financial findings into actionable business narratives for senior leadership
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-changing environments, with the ability to pivot quickly and still deliver clarity
- Strong sense of ownership and follow-through, including the willingness to track outcomes long after a project has launched
- 3 to 6 years of experience in a role that required building financial models, sizing business opportunities, or evaluating investment decisions
- MBA with a concentration in analytics, finance, or strategy is a plus, equivalent professional experience in FP&A, strategy, consulting, or business intelligence within financial services
- Experience in retail brokerage, trading platforms, fintech, or capital markets preferred
- Familiarity with customer acquisition economics, lifetime value modeling, or unit economics in a financial services context is a plus
- If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
What the job involves
- Tastytrade is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to operate at the intersection of business operations, data, and finance. This role is critical to how the organization evaluates where to invest, sizes of opportunities, and measures whether those investments delivered
- You will have the autonomy to own analyses end-to-end, from source data to strategic recommendations, and the opportunity to engage with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across the business
- You combine financial modeling with enough technical proficiency in Python, SQL, and Tableau to explore data independently, validate your own assumptions, and build supporting analyses without relying on a data team for every question, but this is not just a reporting or dashboarding role
- The differential value you bring is in knowing what questions to ask, structuring ambiguous problems, and framing answers for decision-makers
- You will partner closely with the business to help answer “what is this worth?” and “did it work?” for proposed and completed initiatives and help inform what our forward-looking strategy should be
- In your first year, you will establish a structured, data-driven framework to evaluate key business initiatives and deliver analysis that directly informs how we grow
- Opportunity Analysis and Business Cases:
- Identify, evaluate, and size business opportunities across the organization, including new revenue streams, cost reduction initiatives, and operational improvements
- Build financial models and business cases for proposed projects and strategic initiatives, quantifying expected ROI, payback periods, and risk factors
- Conduct competitive and market analysis to inform strategic decisions around product offerings, customer acquisition, and business expansion
- Partner with leadership to evaluate trade-offs between competing priorities and resource allocation decisions
- Leverage data across multiple sources to uncover patterns and deliver insights that directly shape business and financial decisions
- Value Measurement and Accountability:
- Define success metrics and measurement frameworks for strategic initiatives before they launch, establishing clear targets for what good looks like
- Build and maintain post-implementation tracking to measure whether projects delivered their projected value, identifying gaps and recommending course corrections
- Develop recurring reporting on the business impact of completed initiatives, connecting team output to financial outcomes
- Own the end-to-end analysis lifecycle for key business questions, from data gathering through recommendation and follow-up
- Cross-Functional Partnership:
- Work across product, business operations, data, and finance to ensure alignment on how opportunities are evaluated and how success is measured
- Partner with the data analytics team on deeper analytical needs while handling initial data exploration, opportunity sizing, and ad hoc analysis independently
- Collaborate with finance on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis related to strategic initiatives
- Support executive decision-making by providing clear, data-backed recommendations on where the business should and should not invest
Our take
With the aim of "making investing fun”, Unicorn-verified tastytrade has amassed a following in the hundreds of thousands, delivering technology and support for "do-it-yourself" investors.
Founded in 2011, the company supplies not only a trading platform but trading education resources as well. It has launched dozens of podcasts and online video channels focusing on investment strategies and trading, as well as learning courses for those looking to get their start in the space.
Acquired by IG Group, a global player in trading, in 2021, tastytrade has since employed this added strength to scale up its business and expand into international markets. This increasing visibility - at a time when markets are especially unpredictable and its platform an invaluable asset - has enabled tastytrade to continue its upward momentum, reporting record demand in 2025. This strong performance highlights the growing importance of its platform in an ever-evolving market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2018
$20m
SERIES C
Jun 2013
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $47m
Company benefits
- 3 Medical Plans Choice
- Dental & Vision Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays - All Market Holidays Off
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Generous Parental Leave
- Disability Leave & Disability Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness & Mental Health Programs
- Performance Bonuses
- Subsidized Engineering Training Program
- Stock Purchase Options
- Gym Membership Reimbursement
- Charitable Donation Matching
- Healthcare FSA
- Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
- Daily Catered Lunch
- Fully-stocked Kitchen with Snacks and Drinks
- Onsite Gym
- Casual Dress
- Sustainable Work Day
- CTA stop a block away, Shuttle to/from Metra
- Shared rooftop with greenery overlooking the city
- West Loop Location - Chicago's Tech Center
Company HQ
Fulton Market, Chicago, IL
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