Senior Surveillance Associate - Market Abuse

Point72
Stamford, CT
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with market abuse surveillance experience and technical skills in SQL and Python will find this role emphasizing collaboration with compliance and technology stakeholders in a US-based setting.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3–5 years of market abuse surveillance experience in buy-side or regulatory environments
    — “3–5 years of trade surveillance experience at a buy-side firm, broker-dealer, exchange, or regulator, with a focus on market abuse”
  • Individuals who can synthesize complex datasets into actionable intelligence for senior management
    — “Craft intelligence questions and appropriately scope research to produce sophisticated and well-written analysis that provides insight and risk analysis”
  • Candidates who can work with compliance and technology stakeholders to refine surveillance systems
    — “Partner with technology and compliance stakeholders to calibrate alert parameters and thresholds”

Things to consider

  • The role demands strict confidentiality and discretion with sensitive information
    — “Ability to exercise sound judgment and observe the highest degree of confidentiality and discretion when handling highly sensitive information”
  • The position requires adapting to shifting priorities and handling ad-hoc requests
    — “Ability to adapt to changing priorities to meet business needs”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in analyzing multi-asset class trading data in your resume and interviews
    — “Demonstrated experience identifying and investigating potential market abuse and manipulation behavior across multiple asset classes”
  • Showcase your ability to translate data into strategic risk assessments for leadership
    — “Provide strategic assessments, actionable recommendations, and real-time escalations”
  • Highlight your use of structured analytic techniques in past roles to align with the firm’s methodology
    — “Use tools and methodologies such as structured analytic techniques to improve analysis”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • identification and investigation of potential market abuse
  • provision of strategic assessments
Typical background
trade surveillance experience at a buy-side firm, broker-dealer, exchange, or regulator

Skills & requirements

Required

Trade SurveillanceCommunication SurveillanceRegulatory Compliance

Preferred

Market Abuse Detection

Stack & domain

Trade SurveillanceCommunication SurveillanceSQLPythonAnalyticalProblem-solvingCommunicationDiscretionComplianceRegulatoryFinance

About the role

Original posting from Point72 via Greenhouse

A Career with Point72’s Surveillance Team

Point72’s Surveillance team sets the industry standard for intelligence driven surveillance by proactively identifying, monitoring, and assessing various sources of compliance risk using proprietary tools and specialized tradecraft. We support senior management by providing strategic assessments, actionable recommendations, and real-time escalations. At Point72, members of the Surveillance team conduct integrated trade and communication surveillance and collaborate to turn information into intelligence for our internal customers. The team also monitors employee activity for evidence of violations of applicable federal securities laws, internal compliance policies and procedures, and relevant rules and regulations enforced by the SEC, FINRA, and other organizations.

What you’ll do

Conduct routine trade surveillance and investigations

Conduct routine communication surveillance for potential violations of relevant securities laws, rules, regulations, and firm policies, escalating suspicious or non-compliant events

Partner with technology and compliance stakeholders to calibrate alert parameters and thresholds, and conduct data quality and completeness reviews across the market abuse surveillance program

Craft intelligence questions and appropriately scope research to produce sophisticated and well-written analysis that provides insight and risk analysis

Use tools and methodologies such as structured analytic techniques to improve analysis, check assumptions, and identify signposts or indicators of change

Work with managers to respond to information requests from financial regulators and ad-hoc taskings from members of the senior management team

Serve as a subject matter expert in your assigned coverage and stay abreast of relevant regulations, industry best practices, and internal policies

Leverage resources, technology, and information to minimize risk and protect the firm

What’s required

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

3–5 years of trade surveillance experience at a buy-side firm, broker-dealer, exchange, or regulator, with a focus on market abuse

Demonstrated experience identifying and investigating potential market abuse and manipulation behavior across multiple asset classes, with familiarity of applicable regulatory frameworks

Experience analyzing large and complex trading datasets, including proficiency in SQL and Python

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail

Proven effectiveness in written and verbal communication

Ability to exercise sound judgment and observe the highest degree of confidentiality and discretion when handling highly sensitive information

Ability to adapt to changing priorities to meet business needs

Commitment to the highest ethical standards 

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

Fully-paid health care benefits

Generous parental and family leave policies

Volunteer opportunities

Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community

Mental and physical wellness programs

Tuition assistance

A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

About Point72

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit https://point72.com/.

The annual base salary range for this role is $180,000-$200,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Source: Point72 careers (Greenhouse)

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