Electronic Communications Surveillance Analyst

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg’s Employee Compliance Function monitors and investigates employee electronic communications to ensure regulatory compliance and firm policies.

The Analyst role supports surveillance across email, Bloomberg Chat, Slack and other channels, identifies potential violations, and helps improve processes through system upgrades and alert tuning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 1–3 years in compliance, surveillance, risk management, investigations, or financial services.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; high attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with surveillance platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and review employee communications to identify regulatory or policy violations.
• Identify indicators of market abuse, insider trading, bribery or conflicts of interest.
• Perform targeted reviews and ad hoc searches based on risk signals or regulatory requests.
• Escalate issues to Compliance, Legal, HR, or senior management.
• Support internal investigations, audits, and regulatory examinations.
• Suggest process improvements to increase surveillance effectiveness.

Skills

Analytical skills

Investigative skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tech-savvy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

About the Team

Bloomberg’s Legal and Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address a variety of complex legal and compliance issues that come with being the world’s leading financial news and information company. Our team is made up of talented and hardworking professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively in an open environment to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. Diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we strive to maintain an environment where our employees are empowered to make an impact. We also recognize the value and importance of giving back to our communities, as evidenced by our award-winning pro bono program.

The Employee Compliance Function within Bloomberg’s Legal and Compliance Department provides coverage for global employee conduct programs, including Electronic Communications Surveillance, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption, Personal Account Dealing, Conflicts of Interest, Outside Business Activities, and Compliance-led investigations. The team partners closely with Legal, Human Resources, and business stakeholders to promote a strong culture of integrity and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. Through a risk-based approach, the function helps identify, assess, and address potential employee conduct risks across the firm.

Role overview

The Electronic Communications Surveillance Analyst is responsible for monitoring, reviewing, and investigating employee electronic communications to identify potential violations of regulatory requirements, firm policies, market conduct rules, and ethical standards. The role supports the firm's compliance and risk management framework by conducting surveillance across email, chat, messaging platforms and other digital communication channels.

Key Responsibilities

Surveillance Monitoring

• Review alerts generated by communications surveillance systems
• Monitor employee communications across email, Bloomberg Chat, Slack, and mobile messaging platforms
• Identify indicators of market abuse, insider trading, bribery and corruption, conflicts of interest, misconduct, or policy breaches
• Perform targeted reviews and ad hoc searches based on emerging risks or regulatory requests

Investigations

• Analyze potentially suspicious communications and related business activity
• Escalate issues to Compliance, Legal, Human Resources, or senior management
• Support internal investigations, audits, and regulatory examinations

Program Enhancement

• Recommend process improvements to increase surveillance effectiveness
• Participate in system upgrades, testing, and implementation of new surveillance technologies
• Help tune alert parameters to reduce false positives and improve detection quality

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's degree
• 1–3 years of experience in compliance, surveillance, risk management, investigations, or financial services
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• High attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information confidentially
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Ease with technology and learning new systems

Desirable

• Experience using communications surveillance, eDiscovery, or compliance monitoring platforms (e.g., Bloomberg Vault, Behavox, Smarsh, Global Relay, SteelEye, Relativity, or similar) is a plus.

Personal Attributes

• Investigative mindset
• Critical thinking
• Regulatory awareness
• Risk assessment
• Documentation and report writing
• Time management and prioritization
• Ethical judgment and integrity