Trading Risk and Compliance Advisor

Deloitte - Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Trading Risk and Compliance Advisor. This role involves providing compliance advisory for energy trading activities and managing regulatory compliance across diverse trading activities. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and experience in energy trading compliance. Strong analytical skills and an understanding of the regulatory landscape are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in a quantitative field.
• Experience in energy trading and trading regulatory compliance.
• Ability to influence business decisions in a team environment.
• Understand new rules and regulations applicable to trading.
• Desire to work in a fast paced, diverse environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide Compliance Advisory for trading activities.
• Monitor and manage risks associated with trading.
• Facilitate changes to comply with regulatory standards.
• Manage and advise across the trading lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain compliance plans and monitor adherence.

Skills

Experience in energy trading

Understanding of Commodity Life Cycle

Personal effectiveness and leadership skills

Knowledge of global regulatory landscape

Strong analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or Statistics

Tools

Trading analytical tools

ETRMs

Trade Surveillance software

Job description

Trading Risk and Compliance Advisor

Hybrid 2 days in central London per week

Competitive Day Rate (Inside IR35)

Join us as a Trading Risk and Compliance Advisor. Become part of an expanding global team responsible for monitoring and managing the risk associated with companies diverse trading activities (including Crude, Natural Gas, Power, Products and Renewables). You will provide Compliance Advisory for global and regional activities, working closely with key stakeholders including Trading, Legal, Middle and Back Office functions across all Regulatory and Compliance matters, whilst also supporting the maintenance and implementation of commercial activities in line with the appropriate Compliance frameworks.

About you

To be eligible for this role, you must :

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics or other quantitative field
• Have experience or high intellectual curiosity in energy trading, trading regulatory compliance and an understanding of Commodity Life Cycle
• Possess a broad range of personal effectiveness and leadership skills, with the ability to facilitate and influence business decisions in a team environment
• The successful candidate should have a robust understanding and awareness of new and revised rules, regulations, and directives applicable to physical and financial traded instruments, and proactively facilitate changes, as required
• This includes the ability to demonstrate strong understanding of the global regulatory landscape for commodity and financial trading including but not limited to REMIT, MiFID II, MAR, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, CEA etc
• Demonstrate the desire to work in a fast paced, diverse and inclusive environment

Preferred Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• A results oriented self-motivated individual who takes task ownership for outcomes and strives for excellence
• Implementing new monitoring techniques based on changes to the business’s trading activity and / or the latest rules and regulations
• Actively manage and advise the business across the entire trading lifecycle (for new and existing markets / instruments from concept through to regulatory reporting), and analyzing the impact in relation to Regulatory and compliance frameworks
• Developing and maintaining compliance plans, risk assessments, policies and procedures and monitor adherence to these policies
• Existing knowledge or and use of trading analytical tools, ETRMs, Trade Surveillance and Communications surveillance software
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial instruments and trading venues preferred