Ecomm Surveillance Analyst

Barclays; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Hong Kong is seeking a market surveillance analyst to monitor activity, verify regulatory compliance, and act to mitigate misconduct. The role focuses on identifying irregularities in order flows, prices, and communications, including Chinese-language alerts, with collaboration across functions.

The ideal candidate will have bilingual English/Chinese communication, knowledge of APAC markets and regulations, and 1–3 years in surveillance or compliance within financial services.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal English and Chinese communication.
• Interact with key stakeholders across functions.
• Quickly understand and liaise with product and tech areas.
• Deep knowledge of APAC markets and regulations.
• 1–3 years of surveillance or compliance experience in financial services.
• Bachelor degree required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market activity for signs of abuse or manipulation.
• Review Chinese-language surveillance alerts.
• Conduct in-depth investigations and assess risk.
• Support projects related to the firm’s market surveillance framework.
• Handle regulatory inquiries and internal/external audits.
• Provide timely reports to regulators, internal stakeholders, and management.
• Maintain data quality and control environment.

Skills

Bilingual communication

Stakeholder engagement

APAC markets knowledge

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Surveillance experience

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication in English and Chinese
• Good communication skills, ability to interact and work with key stakeholders
• Ability to quickly understand and interchange with a variety of other product and technical areas
• Strong understanding of core APAC Markets and respective regulations
• Strong Surveillance or Compliance experience in a financial services environment or Regulator (1-3 years relevant experience)
• Ability to multi-task and manage projects while completing daily tasks and responsibilities
• Bachelor degree required.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Be “tech savvy” interested by the opportunities technology provides for quality, efficiency or accuracy
• Understand risk management and control functions

Purpose of the role

To monitor and analyse market activity for potential signs of abuse or manipulation, verifying that there is adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies and taking action to mitigate market misconduct.

Accountabilities

• Monitoring market activities continuously, including order flows, prices, trading volumes and communications to identify potential irregularities or market misconduct.
• Review Chinese-language electronic communications surveillance alerts.
• Conducting in-depth investigations to gather evidence and assess the risk of market manipulation, insider trading, or other misconduct.
• Business support in projects related to the firm’s market surveillance framework.
• Regulatory query and internal/external audit support.
• Provision of accurate and timely reports to regulatory authorities, internal stakeholders, and management regarding market surveillance activities, incidents, and trends.
• Execution of appropriate controls aligned to the Barclays control framework and related firm-wide standards.
• Control environment support in relation to data quality, model effectiveness and efficiency.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.