Entry-Level Market Integrity Investigator

CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to markets

Career development

Impact on markets

Cross-department collaboration

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

CME Group in Chicago seeks Entry-Level Investigators to begin their career by undergoing extensive training alongside experienced colleagues to develop high-quality investigative skills with minimal supervision.

Join a team responsible for examining potential trade-practice violations, collecting statements, and producing reasoned reports to support enforcement decisions. Engage across departments and contribute to fair, transparent markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees a plus.
• 1-3 years direct work experience at an exchange, regulatory organization, or Futures Commission Merchant preferred; open to recent graduates with relevant or transferrable skills.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced work environment.
• MS Word and MS Excel; Python, R, and/or Data Visualization a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform timely program reviews to detect potential trade practice rule violations such as spoofing, washing, acting on non-public order information and/or violating the priority of customer orders, and failing to comply with reporting and/or record-keeping requirements.
• Evaluate complaints from market participants and conduct independent research, both ad hoc and structured, for evidence of potential rule violations.
• Conduct comprehensive investigations (i.e., cases) into the potential trade practice rule violations identified through program, complaint, and research reviews.
• Take recorded statements from the subjects of and witnesses for the investigations.
• Communicate the results of analyses and recommend the appropriate disposition to Investigations management.
• Produce concise, but thoroughly grounded, argumentative reports for a select audience, including Investigations management and Enforcement counsel as appropriate.

Skills

Analytical skills

MS Word

MS Excel

Python

R

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced or professional degree a plus

Tools

Python

R

Data Visualization

Excel

Job description

CME Group in Chicago seeks Entry-Level Investigators to begin their career by undergoing extensive training alongside experienced colleagues to develop high-quality investigative skills with minimal supervision.

Join a team responsible for examining potential trade-practice violations, collecting statements, and producing reasoned reports to support enforcement decisions. Engage across departments and contribute to fair, transparent markets.