Trade Surveillance Analyst (Contract)

About the role

A consultancy is running a large-scale Trade Surveillance Alert Review project, clearing a backlog of alerts across multiple asset classes so that compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and internal conduct policies is maintained. Capitex is recruiting several experienced Trade Surveillance Analysts to join this fast-paced remediation programme. The role is hybrid and based in the UK.

Key responsibilities

• Review and investigate daily trade surveillance alerts across equities, fixed income, FX and derivatives.
• Analyse trading patterns to identify potential insider dealing, market manipulation, wash trades, layering, spoofing and other market abuse.
• Carry out 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.
• Help improve alert calibration, thresholds and surveillance processes, and work with team leads and quality assurance reviewers.

Required profile

• 2+ years' experience in a Trade Surveillance, Market Abuse or Market Monitoring role.
• Strong understanding of MAR and key market abuse typologies.
• Excellent written communication, with proven ability to write high-quality alert rationales.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet throughput SLAs.
• UK-based, due to regulatory and project requirements.

Required skills

• Experience with one or more surveillance platforms such as NICE Actimize, SMARTS, Scila, Nasdaq, ACA / OneMars, Behavox or Mantas.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret trading behaviour.

Desirable: experience on alert backlogs or remediation projects, previous consultancy or contract project experience, knowledge of fixed income or derivatives trading, and prior exposure to s166 or regulatory remediation work.

What we offer

• 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 payroll partners.
• Long-term contract extension opportunity.

Candidates who meet the requirements and can start immediately should apply through the recruiter's application portal; interviews are held on a rolling basis.