Sr. Specialist - Trade Surveillance

Job Title: Sr Specialist, Trade Surveillance

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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Trade Surveillance Manager to join our dynamic Compliance team. This role is responsible for overseeing the surveillance of our client’s commodity derivatives trading activities to detect and prevent market abuse. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on expert with good knowledge of commodity markets and proven experience using sophisticated surveillance tools.

Key Responsibilities:

Trade Surveillance:

• Lead and perform hands-on, real-time and post-trade surveillance of commodity derivative trades (futures, options, swaps) to identify potential market abuse, manipulative trading patterns, or policy breaches.
• Utilize and configure our trade surveillance system (e.g., NASDAQ SMARTS, NICE Actimize, or similar platforms) to ensure effective alert generation and pattern recognition.
• Conduct in-depth investigations into surveillance alerts, document findings meticulously, and escalate credible cases to senior management and legal departments.
• Develop and refine surveillance scenarios and parameters to adapt to new trading strategies, products, and evolving market regulations.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with the Front Office, IT and Operations teams to understand trading strategies and resolve compliance issues.
• Assigning compliance training to traders and other relevant staff on market conduct and internal policies.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience:

  A minimum of 5-6 years of relevant experience in trade surveillance, compliance, or a related market risk function within a financial institution, commodity trading house, or exchange.

• Domain Knowledge:

  Strong and comprehensive understanding of commodity derivatives markets, trading strategies, and associated market abuse regulations (e.g., MAR).

• Technical Skills:

  Hands-on experience with a leading trade surveillance platform is essential (e.g.,

  NASDAQ SMARTS

  , NICE Actimize, b-next, or proprietary systems).

• Analytical Skills:

  Good analytical and problem-solving skills with a high degree of attention to detail.

• Communication:

  Good written and verbal communication skills.