Senior Surveillance Data Management Officer

Marex Spectron; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Surveillance Data Management Officer to design and implement a robust data management framework. The role involves engaging with Technology partners and ensuring data quality and completeness in Surveillance. Strong relationship-building skills are essential, along with a deep understanding of Market Abuse behaviors. Join a collaborative team focused on integrity and client service.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Surveillance within a bank or consultancy.
• Experience with data sourcing and quality in a Surveillance function.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Surveillance data governance framework.
• Design and operate data quality controls with Technology.
• Perform data quality testing for new feed integrations.

Skills

Data Quality

Data Completeness

Market Abuse

Change Management

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Excel Macros

Python

SQL

Job description

About Marex

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The Compliance Surveillance function is responsible for implementing a framework of assessments and controls designed to identify and mitigate Market Abuse risks, and for reporting any potential Market Abuse to regulators.

For more information visit www.marex.com

Role Summary

The Senior Surveillance Data Management Officer will lead on the design, implementation and operation of a robust and sustainable data management framework for the Surveillance function.

This position requires someone who is able to engage with Technology partners on technical details around data flows, data quality and data completeness, while possessing sufficient business knowledge to understand the Surveillance implications of various data quality and completeness issues. The successful candidate will build strong relationships globally with Business units, Technology, Compliance Assurance, Compliance Advisory, Operations, and Risk.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Surveillance data governance framework, processes and documentation
• Design and operate tactical and/or strategic data quality and completeness controls, including investigating and addressing any issues in partnership with technology
• Perform periodic data coverage assessments with the business and Technology
• Maintain trading venue inventory and perform reconciliations against actual traded venues
• Maintain sponsored access inventory and ensure appropriate changes are made to consume data when new sponsored access clients onboarded
• Maintain system data flow diagrams
• Produce data management MI and present to relevant stakeholders
• Escalate material data completeness and quality issues
• Perform data quality testing for new feed integrations
• Assess data governance frameworks of target businesses in acquisitions and address any gaps during integration

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years* working within a bank (or similar financial institution) or in a consultancy with a focus on Surveillance.
• Experience working with data sourcing, data quality and data completeness within a Surveillance function.
• Proven understanding of Market Abuse behaviours and associated Surveillance programmes.
• Experience of interpreting trade and market data and understanding of input data flows across different asset classes.
• Experience of Change management and/or process improvement and automation.
• Microsoft suite, Excel macros, Python, SQL or equivalent preferred.

Competencies

• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-sufficient and influences a positive and professional work environment.
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others.
• Proactive and self-motivated to solve problems and address risks.
• Able to deliver high quality results within competing deadlines.
• Combination of sufficient technical competency to engage with Technology partners on data quality/completeness issues, while possessing the Surveillance and business knowledge required to assess the implications of any issues in order to take appropriate action.
• Structured and process/framework driven.

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:

Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.

Integrity - Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.

Collaborative - We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.

Developing our People - Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble - Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client’s various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.

*candidates outside of this range will still be considered

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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