Trade Surveillance Business Analyst

Tarka Talent Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The London-based Associate / Senior Associate – Trade Surveillance Business Analyst role is a permanent on-site position. You will join a specialist global consulting team supporting major financial institutions on capital markets, regulatory compliance and fintech projects.

You will investigate surveillance alerts, translate business needs into requirements, support SIT/UAT and regulatory reporting, and work across Compliance, Trading, Operations, Risk and Technology to reduce false positives

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience investigating trade surveillance alerts.
• Experience with surveillance platforms like NICE Actimize, NASDAQ SMARTS or Scila.
• Knowledge of UK MAR, FCA requirements and STOR processes.
• Understanding of trade lifecycles across Equities, Fixed Income and OTC Derivatives.
• Strong business analysis and data analysis; SQL, Python, Excel or Power BI beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and disposition surveillance alerts.
• Analyse trade and order activity across asset classes.
• Support STOR preparation, regulatory reporting, scenario tuning and false-positive reduction.
• Translate business needs into BRDs/FRDs and user stories.
• Support SIT, UAT, defect management and SDLC governance.

Skills

Trade surveillance

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

SQL

Python

Excel

Power BI

Tools

NICE Actimize

NASDAQ SMARTS

Scila

Job description

Associate / Senior Associate – Trade Surveillance Business Analyst

Location: London

Working Pattern: 5 days per week on-site at client location

Level: Associate / Senior Associate

Type: Permanent

Our client is a specialist global consulting organisation supporting major financial institutions across capital markets, regulatory compliance and financial technology. You’ll join a long-term engagement with a leading financial services organisation, gaining hands‑on exposure to complex trade surveillance programmes and regulatory technology. This opportunity suits someone who can combine detailed investigation with strong business analysis, working confidently across Compliance, Trading, Operations, Risk and Technology. You’ll have scope to deepen your market abuse expertise while broadening your capabilities across surveillance operations, requirements, testing, data analysis and solution delivery.

The Associate / Senior Associate – Trade Surveillance Business Analyst will play a key role in investigating surveillance activity, improving controls and supporting the delivery of effective regulatory solutions.

Role Highlights:

• Investigate and disposition surveillance alerts covering market abuse scenarios including insider dealing, spoofing, layering, wash trading and front running.
• Analyse trade and order activity across asset classes, identifying root causes and escalating cases where appropriate.
• Support STOR preparation, regulatory reporting, scenario tuning, calibration and false‑positive reduction.
• Translate business needs into requirements, process maps, gap analysis, BRDs/FRDs and user stories.
• Support SIT, UAT, defect management, production readiness, governance reporting and wider SDLC activity.

You Will Need:

• Hands‑on experience investigating trade surveillance alerts and progressing cases through to disposition.
• Experience with platforms such as NICE Actimize, NASDAQ SMARTS, Scila or comparable surveillance technology.
• Knowledge of UK MAR, FCA requirements and STOR processes, with awareness of MiFID II and EMIR / UK EMIR.
• Understanding of trade lifecycles across areas such as Equities, Fixed Income and OTC Derivatives.
• Strong business analysis, data analysis and stakeholder management skills, with technical exposure to tools such as SQL, Python, Q, Excel or Power BI beneficial.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Work on a long-term engagement with a leading financial institution.
• Build experience across complex capital markets and regulatory technology programmes.
• Broaden your career across surveillance operations, business analysis and solution delivery.
• Access professional development, training and opportunities for progression.
• Work alongside experienced consulting and financial services professionals while contributing to high‑profile surveillance initiatives.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we strive to create and maintain a working environment in which everyone is able to make the best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. No person is subjected to any less favourable treatment on any discriminatory grounds on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy and maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Due to a high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to successful candidates.