Trade Surveillance - Analyst

Interactive Brokers Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock grants

401(k) match

Health benefits

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Interactive Brokers Group, a leader in global financial services, seeks a Trade Surveillance Analyst in Chicago. You will review accounts, analyze data, and prepare filings under supervision. The role offers growth in regulatory compliance and collaboration with a Compliance Manager.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in financial services compliance, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work independently in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of regulatory compliance experience in exchange, BD, or regulator settings.
• Strong data analysis and ability to summarize trends for management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct account activity reviews to ensure IBKR policy alignment.
• Collect, analyze, and summarize data and trends for management.
• Prepare regulatory filings and reports.
• Help streamline processes and identify improvements.
• Review trading data for suspicious activity.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Regulatory filings

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FINRA licenses

Job description

About the Company

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR), a member of the S&P 500, is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in over 15 countries. Through its affiliates, Interactive Brokers provides automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets on over 170 markets in numerous countries and currencies.

For more than four decades, Interactive Brokers has focused on technology, automation, and innovation to provide clients worldwide with a sophisticated, unified platform to manage their investment portfolios. We serve individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors, and introducing brokers.

Our culture is driven by problem-solving, efficiency, and continuous improvement. We look for individuals who are intellectually curious, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to technology that helps simplify and enhance access to global financial markets. Interactive Brokers has consistently been recognized as a top broker by respected industry sources including Barron’s, Investopedia, Stockbrokers.com, and others.

This is a hybrid role (4 days in the office/ 1 day remote).

Interactive Brokers seeks Trade Surveillance Analysts for its Chicago, Illinois, office. This entry-level position has excellent growth potential for highly motivated and exceptional performers. Analysts will report to a Compliance Manager and help ensure the firm complies with the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, anti‑terrorist financing, sanctions, industry anti‑money laundering, and securities laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conducting account activity reviews, including trading, deposit, withdrawal, and public domain activity, to determine if the activity aligns with IBKR policy.
• Advising management by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Preparing regulatory filings.
• Contribute to streamlining current processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• Review trading data for suspicious activity or patterns of unusual trading.

The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of regulatory compliance experience working for an exchange, a regulatory organization, a broker‑dealer (BD), a futures commission merchant (FCM) or a similar organization. Alternatively, experience in internal audit, legal, accounting, or other control functions of a financial services firm or regulator would be beneficial. Absent direct industry experience, we will also consider applicants with excellent bachelor‑level educational credentials, some background in finance, economics, data analytics, or similar areas, and strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Qualifications, Skills, Attributes:

• Strong product knowledge of equity or exchange‑traded derivative markets, or, preferably, both
• High degree of comfort and fluency with computers and technology, and understanding of how technology is applied to business and regulatory problems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Detail‑oriented with outstanding organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work both independently as well as in a small team environment, and to multitask with minimal supervision
• ACAMS, CFE, CFCS, Series 7, or other FINRA licenses or certifications are a plus

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

• Self‑motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Superb analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Company Benefits:

• Competitive salary, annual performance‑based bonus, and stock grant awards
• 401(k) retirement plan with competitive company match
• Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. 100% employer‑paid medical premiums, with generous employer contributions to dental & vision plans as well.
• Wellness screening and assessments, health coaches, and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees)
• Company‑paid basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), and short‑and long‑term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, and Commuter FSAs)
• Quarterly fitness stipend to offset costs associated with traditional gym and fitness memberships or fees
• Education reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Legal services, telehealth access, and voluntary insurance options
• Backup child and adult care support through Care.com
• Daily lunch allowance and fully stocked kitchen with healthy breakfast and snack options