Our client, a Global Trading Platform are seeking Trade Surveillance Analyst to join its U.S. compliance team.
This role plays an important part in the firm’s second line of defense, helping monitor trading activity across futures, options, and cleared derivatives markets to detect potential market abuse and ensure compliance with regulatory and exchange rules.
The analyst will conduct daily surveillance reviews, investigate alerts, and analyze client trading behavior across multiple electronic trading systems.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and investigate daily trade surveillance alerts across futures and derivatives markets.
- Identify potential disruptive trading practices such as spoofing, wash trading, layering, or market manipulation.
- Analyze trading data using internal systems and industry surveillance tools.
- Prepare clear investigation reports and escalate findings to senior compliance stakeholders when appropriate.
- Support surveillance tuning, alert calibration, and ongoing improvements to monitoring processes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to strengthen risk controls and regulatory compliance.
Qualifications
- 2–4 years of experience in trade surveillance, compliance, risk, or futures operations within a trading firm, exchange, or financial institution.
- Strong understanding of futures markets, trading behavior, and market structure.
- Familiarity with CFTC and NFA regulations and exchange rules.
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret trading data.
Compensation Range: $90,000 - $100,000 base salary
This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of market structure, regulatory oversight, and electronic trading, supporting a fast-growing global trading platform.
