Services

Option Group’s specialist blockchain / crypto group works in partnership with companies that are transforming Lending, Payments, Crowdfunding, Personal Finance, and Digital Currencies. We help Fintech companies and innovative financial institutions hire and retain highly sought-after talent, who possess a unique combination of technical and financial skills and acumen.

Options Group has a significant practice specifically dedicated to serving the FinTech needs of our clients across securities, capital markets, bank technology and payments. We also work closely with start-ups who are acting as major disruptors to the industry. 

Options Group has a robust Data Science practice, which helps firms innovate and embrace technology so they can prosper during the current period of transformational change.

Data is fuelling all aspects of business, and the war for data talent is fierce. Options Group takes a strategic and consultative approach to data analytics recruiting, rigorously examining our client’s business objectives and goals for these key hires. 

While the accounting and auditing function have always been of paramount importance to organizational success, we believe the role of human capital in this ever changing landscape is more critical than ever.

The search consultants within Option Group’s Asset Management practice develop and maintain deep, long-term relationships with clients and candidates.  

Many of the recruiters on our global team have significant experience of working in key industry positions prior to joining us, including such roles as Portfolio Management / Asset Allocation, Investor Relations, Distribution, and Operations.  

The search consultants within our Commodities Practice maintain a local presence in commodities hubs around the world including New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.  

Our Commodities team communicates globally, while operating locally, so we can cover client mandates at significant scale in energy, metals, and agricultural commodities.

Option Group’s Credit Practice is deeply embedded within the industry on both the buy and sell-side and our longstanding recruitment presence in the credit space is supported by a rigorous approach to market intelligence.

Options Group has been at the forefront of Electronic Trading recruitment since the late 90’s. In addition to helping build out Electronic Trading businesses from scratch we have advised clients on how to transition from manual to fully automated businesses, and we have recruited top tier Traders, Quant Researchers and High-Performance Technologists.

Options Group serves South America, Central America and Mexico through its offices in Sao Paulo, Bogota and New York. We have developed a broad client base from global full-service investment banks to family offices, and our portfolio of candidates ranges from executives and regional business heads to attorneys and operations professionals.

The global Equities recruitment practice at Options Group covers a broad array of functions and products across the industry. The team consists of experienced professional consultants on the ground in all the major global markets and across multiple offices in the US, Europe, South America and Asia.

Options Group employs foreign exchange recruitment specialists in each of our global offices. We offer complete recruiting services for the full spectrum of FX products and people from G10 to Exotics to Electronic Trading and Quantitative Professionals.

Options Group has been an innovator in Hedge Funds recruitment for well over two decades and has played an integral role as the space has evolved from servicing high net worth individuals and family offices to becoming part of the mainstream investment portfolio of institutional investors.

Information Technology recruitment at Options Group is a core practice which provides the ability to hire hard-to-find, leading IT professionals through contracting, contingent or retained search. Our talent coverage runs the gamut from the top 0.01% entry-level talent to Chief Technology Officers and everything in between. Our client coverage includes global investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, and more. 

The Legal and Compliance team at Options Group provides best-in-class talent and advisory solutions for financial services and professional services firms, as they attract and retain General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers, as well as their direct reports. 

As hedge funds view their counterparty relationships, they seek innovative and knowledgeable relationship managers with the intellect and ability to deliver all the services they require from their institutions. At Options Group we know the multiple layers of people who drive this very demanding business, and our Prime Finance recruitment consultants foster those relationships.

Options Group has a long history within the quantitative research, trading, and analytical development space. Founded in 1992, we were one of the first firms to begin placing PhD candidates into investment banks. In fact, a considerable number of our long-term relationships were built through the placement of more than 100 PhDs in the mid-1990s, many of whom became among the biggest names in quantitative finance and our clients.

Options Group has grown to become the largest independent financial services talent acquisition and management provider in the United States and other key territories, with market leading capabilities across 19 segments within the financial services vertical and across all key functions and services.

The Risk Management recruitment team at Options Group is a global leader in providing top talent across the entire spectrum of risk management including market risk, counterparty risk, model validation, regulatory and compliance. We have successfully placed individuals at all levels, including Chief Risk Officers, Heads of Compliance, Heads of Operational Risk Management, as well as various team members.

Options Group is an industry leader in Securitized Products recruitment globally. Over the last decade we have played a significant role in assisting bulge-bracket clients with six major MBS trading desk build-outs — an unprecedented accomplishment.

Options Group’s Private Wealth Management coverage was established in 2011 in Zurich and has since grown into a global team of highly regarded, experienced professionals based across our 15+ global offices. Specializing in full spectrum Private Bank coverage, the team works as strategic advisors to provide assistance with talent planning, acquisition, and retention for clients that range from boutique firms to global institutions in both developed and emerging markets. We cover EMEA, Americas, LATAM and APAC.

The financial services landscape has changed significantly in the last few years. Between the threats and advantages of technology and the onslaught of global regulations, the requirements of today’s leaders and Board members have evolved enormously. 

The global Equity Derivatives team of seasoned consultants successfully recruits for everything from flow derivatives to highly structured products.  

Equity Derivatives covers Asset and Portfolio Management, Proprietary Trading and sell-side trading platforms and our expertise includes, sales, trading, research, technology, compliance and infrastructure, systematic and electronic trading, quantitative methods, research and model development. 

The breadth and depth of the firm’s compensation research and database permits Option Group to act as expert witnesses in cases involving compensation. Its team has provided expert testimony in a large number of cases for both forecasting and historical compensation figures.

The process of finding highly qualified professionals who can provide clear, authoritative, and concise testimony is parallel to executive search. The extensive Options Group database employs rigorous search functions that enable the team to quickly identify and qualify professionals to provide expert witnesses testimony in legal matters.

Options Group’s Information Security practice is a direct outgrowth of our IT practice. 

Through our extensive understanding of the market, we realized that while we had been placing Information Security professionals for years, the demand and need for these types of professionals was increasing significantly. 

Options Group partners with top global banks to define specific requirements for Investment Banking recruitment to ensure that hires are of the highest quality and firms remain dominant in their respective industries.

The Operations and Supply Chain area has seen rapid growth following the financial crisis and has received increased attention from Boards. 

The Options Group Operations recruitment team has access to the best-in-class talent, who can rapidly leverage complex networks. Working closely with the competitive intelligence team, our Operations recruiting consultants can swiftly leverage the top professionals with cross-functional experience in product systems and technology and multi-industry or channel backgrounds.

From dealmakers to research associates, Options Group consultants provide out-of-the-box solutions to procure the right candidates for Private Equity recruitment. 

Unique to this industry are the longer investment timelines and carry-points that can make on-boarding candidates challenging. Our consultants work with clients and candidates to navigate these issues and ensure a seamless transition. They collaborate with their investment banking and hedge fund colleagues to ensure clients have exposure to the most qualified Private Equity candidates with just the right pedigree for each position.