Surveillance & Market Abuse Technology - Financial Crime - Senior Manager

PWC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Manager to enhance their market abuse and surveillance capabilities. The role involves leading complex data-driven projects, utilizing advanced analytical techniques, and managing teams to deliver high-quality client solutions. Candidates should possess a strong understanding of market abuse regulations, hands-on experience with surveillance technologies, and proficiency in data analytics tools. This position offers opportunities to shape capabilities and work closely with clients in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of market abuse regulation in the UK and US.
• Hands-on experience with surveillance technologies.
• Proficiency in Python and data analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex data-driven surveillance project delivery.
• Deploy analytical techniques to manage surveillance alerts.
• Produce high-quality deliverables for clients.

Skills

Market abuse regulation understanding

Hands-on surveillance tech experience

Data analytics proficiency

Experience with data storage engines

Data visualization familiarity

Technical communication skills

Team management ability

Stakeholder management skills

Tools

Python

PowerBI

Tableau

Trading Hub MAST

Actimize

Job description

About our team

PwC is strengthening its capabilities in Financial Services Market Abuse & Surveillance, in response to demand for trade surveillance technology expertise. Our UK Financial Crime team works with clients to investigate and remediate issues, transform financial crime functions and prepare for, and respond to, regulation and regulatory scrutiny. Our team comprises financial services industry, regulatory, policy and technology expertise. This expertise allows us to provide responsive and robust investigations driven by analytics, remediation built around technologies to improve efficiency and a data-driven technology responses to regulation and regulation enforcement.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for a Senior Manager with deep expertise in market abuse and surveillance, and strong hands-on experience with trade and order data. You’ll be comfortable working across multiple surveillance vendor technologies and understand the regulatory landscape, including MAR, MiFID II. You’ll bring advanced analytical skills, a keen interest in technology, and the leadership needed to shape our growing market abuse and surveillance offering. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data challenges, working directly with clients, and helping build a team and capability from the ground up. We have ambitious plans and are looking for individuals who can expand our data and technology capabilities while strengthening our surveillance services.

We support our clients with a range of services:

• Vendor evaluations and support for surveillance strategic roadmaps
• Market abuse surveillance implementation and calibration (e.g. detection scenarios, instance identification, parameter setting and tuning)
• Data driven surveillance effectiveness review and optimisation
• Reviewing end-to-end data and process flow supporting surveillance implementations
• Holistic surveillance approach and advice across, voice, eComms, trades and orders
• Assistance in responding to regulatory enquiries

Your main responsibilities:

• Leading the delivery of complex data-driven surveillance projects – managing scope, budgets, risks, and outcomes
• Leading on deployment of advanced analytical techniques to risk score alerts and reduce volumes of trade surveillance false positive populations
• Producing high-quality client deliverables and contribute actively to project teams
• Developing and owning Financial Crime propositions and delivery methodologies
• Development of the technical architecture behind our surveillance offerings
• Building and maintaining relationships both internally within the PwC network and externally with clients
• Supporting sales through work on bids, proposal responses and developing opportunities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strong understanding of market abuse regulation in the UK, US and ideally globally
• Hands-on experience implementing or optimising surveillance tech (e.g. Trading Hub MAST, Smarts, Scila, Actimize, KX)
• Proficiency in data analytics tools and techniques (e.g. Python, PySpark, vector-based methods)
• Experience working with various data storage and processing engines (row, column, key-value)
• Familiarity with data visualisation tools like PowerBI, Tableau, D3 or Bokeh
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to manage teams and deliver complex data projects under pressure
• Strong stakeholder management and excellent written and verbal communication