A leading European trading venue and financial technology provider is seeking a Surveillance Analyst to join its Market Surveillance team. This is a varied role combining market monitoring, regulatory oversight, and involvement in surveillance technology development.
You will play a key role in ensuring market integrity across equity trading platforms, while also contributing to the enhancement and client-facing aspects of the firm’s surveillance capabilities.
Role Overview
This is a multi-faceted position with responsibilities spanning:
- Primary focus: Monitoring trading activity across equity markets to detect and prevent market abuse
- Secondary focus: Supporting the development and enhancement of in-house surveillance systems
- Client exposure: Assisting with presentations and discussions related to surveillance capabilities and technology solutions
Workload will vary depending on business activity, with a core emphasis on surveillance alongside broader project and client-facing responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor trading activity using surveillance tools and alerts to identify potential market abuse
- Investigate suspicious trading patterns and escalate where appropriate
- Support development, testing, and improvement of internal surveillance systems
- Liaise with technology teams to resolve system issues and implement enhancements
- Prepare regulatory documentation and reports, including contributions to quarterly outputs
- Assist with regulatory submissions and interactions with authorities (e.g. suspicious transaction reporting)
- Maintain key market data including trading calendars, reference pricing, and instrument status
- Support business continuity processes and incident reporting during market disruptions
- Engage with internal stakeholders and external clients regarding surveillance queries and processes
- Participate in ongoing regulatory monitoring, investigations, and programme delivery
Required Experience & Skills
- Approximately 4+ years’ experience in Market Surveillance within a bank, broker, exchange, or trading venue
- Strong understanding of market abuse risks and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UK/EU regulations)
- Good knowledge of equity markets (derivatives knowledge also beneficial)
- Experience with surveillance systems such as:
- Familiarity with tools such as Refinitiv, JIRA, and Confluence is advantageous
- Exposure to transaction reporting or compliance functions is a plus
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