surveillance analyst - financial markets.

Analyze trading activity, associated communications and alerts generated from company surveillance systems or manual controls to detect abnormal or suspicious trading activity that could compromise Market Integrity;
Analyze data sources to reconstruct the lifecycle of alerted trades from order to execution to support alert decisioning;
Perform relevant investigatory activities and escalate to local Compliance teams;
Master the system configuration options in order to suggest changes to parameters in order to enhance the detection capabilities and to obtain more pertinent alerts;
Configure and test the surveillance system parameters with Head Office compliance colleagues;
Actively engage in projects related to the surveillance strategy;
Enhance key aspects of the surveillance program including threshold refinement, governance, data analytics and management information;
Optimize operational processes linked to alert generation, analysis, escalation and decisioning of surveillance alerts.

Experience working in financial markets, compliance, trading, risk or control;
Familiarity with traded products: Equity, OTC derivatives, bonds, options, commodities, Benchmarks, Foreign Exchange (FX), Debt Capital Markets;
Fluency in English;
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills;
Ability to analyze, summarize and succinctly communicate assessments and key takeaways;
Understanding or knowledge of regulatory frameworks (Market Abuse Regulation, MiFID II, GDPR);
Strong Excel skills, and a background, experience or at least interest in quantitative or data analysis, particularly machine learning;
Strong time management and the ability to think clearly in fast moving situations;
Drive, enthusiasm, flexibility, as well as ability to "think outside the box".

base salary commensurate with the seniority of the role;
permanent contract with our client;
hybrid working;
current benefits package in the company;
career progression.