Trade Surveillance Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Britannia Global Markets Limited

Description

Job Description

Trade Surveillance Specialist (Day Rate Contract. Outside IR35)

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate investigation and disposition of market abuse and communications surveillance alerts and reports
• Identification and escalation of potentially suspicious order, trade and communications activity
• Conducting ad hoc reviews and analysis of client activity to identify potentially suspicious activity and/or patterns or repeated activity
• Carry out daily reviews (on T+1) for Client and Desk Order Flow, monitoring total message counts and ratios, ensuring any potential Exchange breaches are reviewed and averted
• Assist in ongoing client investigations and 'Enhanced Client Monitoring', providing analysis and reports to the Head of Compliance
• Assist in responding to requests for information from Regulators, Exchanges and external Counterparties.
• Assist in alert calibration testing for new and existing alert types, ensuring any proposed changes/enhancements to alerts are delivered as expected.
• Assist in maintenance of procedure manuals as and when required.
• Developing an understanding in Britannia Global Markets' new and existing products and services in order to assist in the ongoing assessment of the firm's market abuses risks
• Participating in other compliance projects and work as required by the Head of Compliance

Required Knowledge and Level of Experience:

• Experience in a financial markets role and an understanding of FCA's MAR (Required)
• Demonstrable experience working with Trade Surveillance systems and Alerts (Required)
• Experience working with Communication Surveillance systems and alerts and investigating associated conduct issues is desirable, but not essential
• Experience of compliance monitoring of trading desks is desirable, but not essential.
• Good understanding of futures and options and commodity derivatives is desirable, but not essential
• Excellent data analysis and interpretation skills
• Ability to quickly grasp an understanding of alert triggers and trading behaviour
• Attention to detail and accuracy essential
• Ability to draft reports in a concise, professional, and succinct manner
• Strong written and verbal communication and inter-personal skills
• Conversant with all Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel and PowerPoint