Trade Surveillance Analyst

We are supporting a major consultancy on a large-scale Trade Surveillance Alert Review project. The team is responsible for clearing a backlog of alerts across multiple asset classes, ensuring compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and internal conduct policies. As a Trade Surveillance Analyst, you will review, investigate, and disposition trade surveillance alerts generated across a range of trading activities.

Requirements

• Review and investigate daily trade surveillance alerts across asset classes (equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives)
• Analyse trading patterns to identify potential insider dealing, market manipulation, wash trades, layering, spoofing, and other forms of market abuse
• Conduct research, including news checks, historical behaviour analysis, and counterparty reviews
• Write clear, concise, regulator-ready rationales for each alert
• Escalate potential suspicious activity to the Investigations or Compliance Advisory teams
• Work towards daily and weekly throughput targets with strong accuracy and quality control
• Contribute to improvements in alert calibration, thresholds, and surveillance processes where appropriate
• Collaborate with team leads and quality assurance reviewers to maintain consistency and high standards

Benefits

• Competitive day rate
• Fully remote working environment
• Opportunity to work on a high-profile, large-scale market abuse remediation project
• Fast onboarding and weekly payments (via our payroll partners)
• Long-term contract extension opportunity