Market Surveillance Specialist

Responsibilities:

Trade Surveillance

• Ensure daily execution of internal procedures designed to ensure that our European markets remain fair and orderly;
• In particular, using the systems available to us, monitor daily order and trade activity to identify behaviour which may be indicative of market abuse, or other behaviour which may damage the integrity of the markets;
• Conduct thematic reviews pertaining to potential incidences market abuse and disorderly markets;

• Use results to recommend how to develop our surveillance system, recommend protocol updates and determine whether further escalation is appropriate;
• Escalate reasonable suspicions, as appropriate, to the Head of Surveillance, together with appropriate analysis and recommendations;
• Take forward and deliver on agreed actions, including preparing and submitting reports and or STORs to appropriate regulatory bodies, notably the FCA and / or AFM;

Skills / Attributes

• You will have some trade surveillance and / or data analytics experience ideally gained in brokerages, securities trading, regulator or exchange environments;

• You will have an understanding of the UK and EU Market Abuse Regulations and the policy objectives, and the drive to become a subject matter expert;

• This is an organic role, requiring dedication, flexibility, and commitment to adhere to (and improve, where necessary) trade surveillance procedures;

• You will need to be detail oriented, a team-player and be comfortable working across products and borders, and to support our International agenda;

• You must be able to interact professionally and effectively with a diverse group including senior business leaders and corporate function managers;

• You will need to have a dedication to maintaining and continuously influencing good corporate culture and ethics, be a self-starter, and be able to work independently.