Product Lead Trade Surveillance, Vice President

Who we are looking for

The Product Lead Trade Surveillance, Vice President, will lead the implementation of the trade surveillance integrations for the business. The person in this role will lead the business integration of the data vendors, will define surveillance product strategy, and will be responsible for reporting on implementation progress and deliverables.  This individual will work with contracted trade surveillance vendors and with Information Technology (IT) to implement phased trade surveillance deliverables and will be a subject matter expert on trade surveillance. 

This role is highly visible.  The chosen individual will frequently meet to senior executives and may present at industry events. 

This role can be performed in various locations across US and London, UK as per the list below. Each location has a different hybrid model, from 1 to 4 days per week onsite can be required. No fully remote work is available. Possible job locations across US: Boston, MA; Clifton or Princeton, NJ; Stamford, CT; Kansas City, MO, Atlanta, GA: Berwyn, PA:

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen we need teams like yours to help navigate employees and the organization as a whole. In your role you will strive for cutting-edge solutions, that are straightforward and scalable. You will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Work with business leads to ensure that trade surveillance is an effective control

• Analyze market abuse risks associated with the portfolio of businesses covered by SSGM Market Surveillance and understand market abuse regulations in the jurisdictions where the company operates

• Develop delivery plans and manage project deliverables to completion in time and on budget

• Collaborate with business, IT and vendor to develop data and system requirements, transfer business requirements into technical implementation, work with surveillance analysts to incorporate trends and feedback into system deliverables

• Develop internal tools and reports for market surveillance team to streamline and automate business operation procedures and assist in visualization of management reporting

• Understand and keep up to date on industry trends related to market abuse and surveillance generally in addition to evolving industry technology including machine learning and analytics

• Ensure that the trade surveillance implementations meet all procedural requirements, including sign-off and model validation

Education and experience requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Analytics, Finance or a related field

• 10 years of related experience in financial services, preference to foreign exchange experience
   

Special skills, knowledge, or certification and/or licensure required for position (not preferred):

• Ability to present to senior executives

• Extensive experience working with trade surveillance tools such as Bloomberg, SMARTs, Trading Technologies, Liquid Metrix, or Actimize

• Experience with regulations related to trade surveillance including Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

• Experience with large scale relational data base systems and data warehouses/lake technologies including Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL

• Experience with BI tools including QlikView or PowerBI;

• Development experience SQL, Python, R, VBA, Java, or Bloomberg API is a plus

Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Job Application Disclosure:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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