Senior Trade Surveillance Analyst

Your role

Do you like financial markets?

Are you good at handling and interpreting large data sets?

Are you analytical and enjoy investigating financial transactions, understanding trading strategies and making sense of the unusual trading activity?

Are you able to think independently and express your opinions and ideas confidently?

We are looking for a Senior Trade Surveillance Analyst in an individual contributor role with experience in the following:

• Performing automated and manual market conduct surveillance activities across Investment Bank and Wealth Management division.
• Analyzing instances of potentially suspicious activities flagged by our systems.
• Engaging with business stakeholders on the market conduct-related escalations and other matters.
• Driving continuous process improvements and contributing to strategic projects and automation/optimization initiatives.
  
  

Job Type

Full Time

Job Reference #

332536BR

City

Pune

Your team

Our Teams purpose is to ensure UBS continues to meet regulatory obligations regarding identifying and reporting to the relevant authorities’ instances of market abuse and other misconduct that adversely impacts financial markets.

As a member of the Market Conduct Surveillance Team in Pune you will have an opportunity to:

• Learn about UBS and its clients’ trading strategies and profiles.
• Understand the regulatory framework of the exchanges and markets you will own.
• Investigate events flagged by our surveillance systems.
• Get to the bottom of trading activity that you deem potentially suspicious.
• Prepare investigative reports summarizing key findings.
• Contribute to the team discussions, investigations, and knowledge sharing.
• Work in an international Team with a regional mandate.
  
  

Your expertise

Let’s talk if…

You have:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in the Trade Surveillance domain (banking, broker, and/or exchange-side).
• Ample knowledge of Investment Banking and Wealth Management businesses, financial markets, products, and trade lifecycle with a particular focus on equities and ETDs.
• Firsthand experience in performing market conduct-specific risk assessments, impact/gap assessments on the back of regulatory changes and enforcement actions, and in-depth design reviews of surveillance framework, policies, and procedures.
• Strong compliance mindset, confidence to question the ‘status quo’ and challenge stakeholders when the responses are not satisfactory.
  
  

You are:

• Well-versed and capable of independently investigating and reviewing the alerts generated by the SMARTS surveillance system end-to-end.
• Experienced in conducting market conduct investigations for complex cases, drafting and filing reports to external regulatory bodies.
• Proficient in using SMARTS calibration module, including reviewing, and challenging the existing parameters and thresholds to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
• Comfortable engaging the external surveillance vendor at the technical level to resolve production issues or advocate for system/control design changes.
  
  

About Us
UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.

We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

Join us

At UBS, we know that its our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.

We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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