Surveillance Analyst

Surveillance Analyst – Equity Markets

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:
  • NICE Actimize
  • Nasdaq SMARTS
  • OneTick
  • Familiarity with tools such as Refinitiv, JIRA, and Confluence is advantageous
  • Exposure to transaction reporting or compliance functions is a plus

Please apply if you think suitable.

Job Details

Company
Harrington Starr
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Posted