Senior Market Integrity & Trade Surveillance Lead

Bitvavo; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitvavo is seeking a Senior Trade Surveillance Officer in Amsterdam to own and continuously improve our market abuse surveillance program. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, own end-to-end surveillance and act as the internal expert for trade surveillance.

You will work independently, collaborate with Legal, Risk, Trading and Product teams, and help ensure timely alerts, thorough investigations and compliant reporting under MAR, MiFID II/MiFIR and MiCAR.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of compliance/surveillance experience in a MiFID II/MiCAR environment.
• Hands-on experience running, tuning and calibrating surveillance systems and investigations.
• Strong knowledge of MAR, MiFID II/MiFIR, and related reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the market abuse risk assessment across products, venues and client types.
• Design and maintain the trade surveillance framework for MAR, MiFID II/MiFIR and MiCAR.
• Ensure data quality of orders, trades, references and communications feeding the system.
• Monitor latency and alert thresholds and investigate suspicious activity.
• Lead cross-functional projects and document regulatory findings to regulators when needed.
• Maintain surveillance policy, insider lists and related controls.

Skills

Trade surveillance

SQL

Python

Regulatory knowledge

Investigation skills

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Bitvavo is seeking a Senior Trade Surveillance Officer in Amsterdam to own and continuously improve our market abuse surveillance program. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, own end-to-end surveillance and act as the internal expert for trade surveillance.

You will work independently, collaborate with Legal, Risk, Trading and Product teams, and help ensure timely alerts, thorough investigations and compliant reporting under MAR, MiFID II/MiFIR and MiCAR.