Trade Surveillance Analyst: Data-Driven Compliance

G MASS Consulting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 127,305 - 212,175; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site in New York

12-month contract with extension path

Permanent conversion pathway possible

Job summary

G MASS Consulting partners with a leading Hedge Fund to hire a Trade Surveillance professional in New York. You will join the Compliance and Surveillance team, performing daily reviews and deep investigations across asset classes, with a focus on data quality and automation.

The role combines BAU surveillance work with data transformation projects, ownership from day one, and a fast, commercially driven environment. On-site in NY office.

Qualifications

• Hands-on trade surveillance experience in hedge funds, banks, or asset managers.
• Strong data analysis and manipulation skills with SQL ability.
• Familiarity with market regulation regimes and surveillance practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily trade surveillance reviews across asset classes and investigate anomalies.
• Monitor alerts, triage issues, and document findings per procedures.
• Refine surveillance scenarios and thresholds to reduce false positives.
• Collaborate with technology teams to optimize data feeds and infrastructure.
• Drive data transformation initiatives to improve automation and scalability.
• Own end-to-end process improvements and respond to regulatory requests.
• Support audits and contribute to ongoing surveillance framework enhancements.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Trade surveillance

Data analysis

SQL

Dataset interrogation

Tools

Actimize

SMARTS

SQL tooling

Job description

G MASS Consulting partners with a leading Hedge Fund to hire a Trade Surveillance professional in New York. You will join the Compliance and Surveillance team, performing daily reviews and deep investigations across asset classes, with a focus on data quality and automation.

The role combines BAU surveillance work with data transformation projects, ownership from day one, and a fast, commercially driven environment. On-site in NY office.